diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
index b3d0638e9803f419562de374142e8524ec86d507..e543750be66eb2fbdcee3ac4c6fb68d8de8f4e01 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function createApp(name, verbose, version, template) {
 
 function shouldUseYarn() {
   try {
-    execSync('yarnpkg --version', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    execSync('yarn version', { stdio: 'ignore' });
     return true;
   } catch (e) {
     return false;