diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 15c57565..42f50bf5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This project includes a development container configuration for VS Code. To use
 ```shell
 $ sudo apt install nodejs
 $ sudo apt install npm
-$ npm install yarn
+$ npm install -g yarn
 ```
 
 </details>