diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7325c3278a797f..429c6f05e97e6d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
       NX_E2E_CI_CACHE_KEY: e2e-circleci-macos
       NX_DAEMON: 'true'
       NX_PERF_LOGGING: 'false'
-      SELECTED_PM: 'npm' # use the previous runner
+      SELECTED_PM: 'yarn' # use yarn for macOS
     steps:
       - run:
           name: Set dynamic nx run variable