diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-carpets-brush.md b/.changeset/khaki-carpets-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..178da4994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-carpets-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-eth": patch
+---
+
+cli: show yarn install ouput
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95aceb80e..397f30d52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
     "inquirer": "9.2.0",
     "listr2": "^8.2.1",
     "merge-packages": "^0.1.6",
-    "ncp": "2.0.0",
-    "pkg-install": "1.0.0"
+    "ncp": "2.0.0"
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@3.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e746b91ce..6e182d247 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import {
   copyTemplateFiles,
   createProjectDirectory,
-  installPackages,
   createFirstGitCommit,
   prettierFormat,
+  installPackages,
 } from "./tasks";
 import type { Options } from "./types";
 import { renderOutroMessage } from "./utils/render-outro-message";
@@ -36,14 +36,18 @@ export async function createProject(options: Options) {
         task: () => copyTemplateFiles(options, templateDirectory, targetDirectory),
       },
       {
-        title: `📦 Installing dependencies with yarn, this could take a while`,
-        task: () => installPackages(targetDirectory),
+        title: "📦 Installing dependencies with yarn, this could take a while",
+        task: (_, task) => installPackages(targetDirectory, task),
         skip: () => {
           if (!options.install) {
             return "Manually skipped, since `--skip-install` flag was passed";
           }
           return false;
         },
+        rendererOptions: {
+          outputBar: 8,
+          persistentOutput: false,
+        },
       },
       {
         title: "🪄 Formatting files",
diff --git a/src/tasks/install-packages.ts b/src/tasks/install-packages.ts
index b0add8152..393024d4a 100644
--- a/src/tasks/install-packages.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/install-packages.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,52 @@
-import { projectInstall } from "pkg-install";
+import { DefaultRenderer, ListrTaskWrapper, SimpleRenderer } from "listr2";
+import { execaCommand } from "execa";
+import chalk from "chalk";
 
-export function installPackages(targetDir: string) {
-  return projectInstall({
-    cwd: targetDir,
-    prefer: "yarn",
+export async function installPackages(
+  targetDir: string,
+  task: ListrTaskWrapper<any, typeof DefaultRenderer, typeof SimpleRenderer>,
+) {
+  const execute = execaCommand("yarn install", { cwd: targetDir });
+
+  let outputBuffer: string = "";
+
+  const chunkSize = 1024;
+  execute?.stdout?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
+    outputBuffer += data.toString();
+
+    if (outputBuffer.length > chunkSize) {
+      outputBuffer = outputBuffer.slice(-1 * chunkSize);
+    }
+
+    const visibleOutput =
+      outputBuffer
+        .match(new RegExp(`.{1,${chunkSize}}`, "g"))
+        ?.slice(-1)
+        .map(chunk => chunk.trimEnd() + "\n")
+        .join("") ?? outputBuffer;
+
+    task.output = visibleOutput;
+    if (visibleOutput.includes("Link step")) {
+      task.output = chalk.yellow(`starting link step, this might take a little time...`);
+    }
   });
+
+  execute?.stderr?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
+    outputBuffer += data.toString();
+
+    if (outputBuffer.length > chunkSize) {
+      outputBuffer = outputBuffer.slice(-1 * chunkSize);
+    }
+
+    const visibleOutput =
+      outputBuffer
+        .match(new RegExp(`.{1,${chunkSize}}`, "g"))
+        ?.slice(-1)
+        .map(chunk => chunk.trimEnd() + "\n")
+        .join("") ?? outputBuffer;
+
+    task.output = visibleOutput;
+  });
+
+  await execute;
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e0b9f4186..7d12195cc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -488,15 +488,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/execa@npm:^0.9.0":
-  version: 0.9.0
-  resolution: "@types/execa@npm:0.9.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node": "*"
-  checksum: 4f12e2aec1a2140c33ae9fdda5a12ab0eb6665b20a9ce8e6914db11986f6f5c2ad62d82b207e31dff6b9b071c78e02da6581acc45e2fd0a31e9717a03638ddbd
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/glob@npm:^7.1.1":
   version: 7.2.0
   resolution: "@types/glob@npm:7.2.0"
@@ -556,13 +547,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node@npm:^11.9.4":
-  version: 11.15.54
-  resolution: "@types/node@npm:11.15.54"
-  checksum: d65c15001070c5df893876bb7637024a1a412d8ccfd803c61b4ee3293aafb85d69e278cd27dc28f66c8d21018d85fa50f93ade0937a187c16c8dad23fb1598d8
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/node@npm:^12.7.1":
   version: 12.20.55
   resolution: "@types/node@npm:12.20.55"
@@ -1312,7 +1296,6 @@ __metadata:
     listr2: ^8.2.1
     merge-packages: ^0.1.6
     ncp: 2.0.0
-    pkg-install: 1.0.0
     prettier: 3.3.2
     rollup: 3.21.0
     rollup-plugin-auto-external: 2.0.0
@@ -1335,19 +1318,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"cross-spawn@npm:^6.0.0":
-  version: 6.0.5
-  resolution: "cross-spawn@npm:6.0.5"
-  dependencies:
-    nice-try: ^1.0.4
-    path-key: ^2.0.1
-    semver: ^5.5.0
-    shebang-command: ^1.2.0
-    which: ^1.2.9
-  checksum: f893bb0d96cd3d5751d04e67145bdddf25f99449531a72e82dcbbd42796bbc8268c1076c6b3ea51d4d455839902804b94bc45dfb37ecbb32ea8e54a6741c3ab9
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "cross-spawn@npm:^7.0.2, cross-spawn@npm:^7.0.3":
   version: 7.0.3
   resolution: "cross-spawn@npm:7.0.3"
@@ -1521,15 +1491,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"end-of-stream@npm:^1.1.0":
-  version: 1.4.4
-  resolution: "end-of-stream@npm:1.4.4"
-  dependencies:
-    once: ^1.4.0
-  checksum: 530a5a5a1e517e962854a31693dbb5c0b2fc40b46dad2a56a2deec656ca040631124f4795823acc68238147805f8b021abbe221f4afed5ef3c8e8efc2024908b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "enquirer@npm:^2.3.0":
   version: 2.4.1
   resolution: "enquirer@npm:2.4.1"
@@ -1852,21 +1813,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"execa@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "execa@npm:1.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    cross-spawn: ^6.0.0
-    get-stream: ^4.0.0
-    is-stream: ^1.1.0
-    npm-run-path: ^2.0.0
-    p-finally: ^1.0.0
-    signal-exit: ^3.0.0
-    strip-eof: ^1.0.0
-  checksum: ddf1342c1c7d02dd93b41364cd847640f6163350d9439071abf70bf4ceb1b9b2b2e37f54babb1d8dc1df8e0d8def32d0e81e74a2e62c3e1d70c303eb4c306bc4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "extendable-error@npm:^0.1.5":
   version: 0.1.7
   resolution: "extendable-error@npm:0.1.7"
@@ -2169,15 +2115,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"get-stream@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.1.0
-  resolution: "get-stream@npm:4.1.0"
-  dependencies:
-    pump: ^3.0.0
-  checksum: 443e1914170c15bd52ff8ea6eff6dfc6d712b031303e36302d2778e3de2506af9ee964d6124010f7818736dcfde05c04ba7ca6cc26883106e084357a17ae7d73
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "get-stream@npm:^6.0.1":
   version: 6.0.1
   resolution: "get-stream@npm:6.0.1"
@@ -2774,13 +2711,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"is-stream@npm:^1.1.0":
-  version: 1.1.0
-  resolution: "is-stream@npm:1.1.0"
-  checksum: 063c6bec9d5647aa6d42108d4c59723d2bd4ae42135a2d4db6eadbd49b7ea05b750fd69d279e5c7c45cf9da753ad2c00d8978be354d65aa9f6bb434969c6a2ae
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "is-stream@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.0
   resolution: "is-stream@npm:3.0.0"
@@ -3510,13 +3440,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nice-try@npm:^1.0.4":
-  version: 1.0.5
-  resolution: "nice-try@npm:1.0.5"
-  checksum: 0b4af3b5bb5d86c289f7a026303d192a7eb4417231fe47245c460baeabae7277bcd8fd9c728fb6bd62c30b3e15cd6620373e2cf33353b095d8b403d3e8a15aff
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "node-gyp@npm:latest":
   version: 9.3.1
   resolution: "node-gyp@npm:9.3.1"
@@ -3560,15 +3483,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"npm-run-path@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.2
-  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:2.0.2"
-  dependencies:
-    path-key: ^2.0.0
-  checksum: acd5ad81648ba4588ba5a8effb1d98d2b339d31be16826a118d50f182a134ac523172101b82eab1d01cb4c2ba358e857d54cfafd8163a1ffe7bd52100b741125
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "npm-run-path@npm:^5.1.0":
   version: 5.1.0
   resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:5.1.0"
@@ -3616,7 +3530,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"once@npm:^1.3.0, once@npm:^1.3.1, once@npm:^1.4.0":
+"once@npm:^1.3.0":
   version: 1.4.0
   resolution: "once@npm:1.4.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -3697,13 +3611,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"p-finally@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "p-finally@npm:1.0.0"
-  checksum: 93a654c53dc805dd5b5891bab16eb0ea46db8f66c4bfd99336ae929323b1af2b70a8b0654f8f1eae924b2b73d037031366d645f1fd18b3d30cbd15950cc4b1d4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "p-limit@npm:^2.2.0":
   version: 2.3.0
   resolution: "p-limit@npm:2.3.0"
@@ -3808,13 +3715,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"path-key@npm:^2.0.0, path-key@npm:^2.0.1":
-  version: 2.0.1
-  resolution: "path-key@npm:2.0.1"
-  checksum: f7ab0ad42fe3fb8c7f11d0c4f849871e28fbd8e1add65c370e422512fc5887097b9cf34d09c1747d45c942a8c1e26468d6356e2df3f740bf177ab8ca7301ebfd
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "path-key@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.1
   resolution: "path-key@npm:3.1.1"
@@ -3882,17 +3782,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pkg-install@npm:1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "pkg-install@npm:1.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/execa": ^0.9.0
-    "@types/node": ^11.9.4
-    execa: ^1.0.0
-  checksum: b23cb477760e76795b3e27f61235c08c0c7ff7a215d2fac89540eaf49ff8573177fd76e684a10e7ab417c528e5d50da445c20cbf1fee4143302315366f23fe8d
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "preferred-pm@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.3
   resolution: "preferred-pm@npm:3.0.3"
@@ -3963,16 +3852,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pump@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.0
-  resolution: "pump@npm:3.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    end-of-stream: ^1.1.0
-    once: ^1.3.1
-  checksum: e42e9229fba14732593a718b04cb5e1cfef8254544870997e0ecd9732b189a48e1256e4e5478148ecb47c8511dca2b09eae56b4d0aad8009e6fac8072923cfc9
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "punycode@npm:^2.1.0":
   version: 2.3.1
   resolution: "punycode@npm:2.3.1"
@@ -4367,7 +4246,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"signal-exit@npm:^3.0.0, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.2, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.7":
+"signal-exit@npm:^3.0.2, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.7":
   version: 3.0.7
   resolution: "signal-exit@npm:3.0.7"
   checksum: a2f098f247adc367dffc27845853e9959b9e88b01cb301658cfe4194352d8d2bb32e18467c786a7fe15f1d44b233ea35633d076d5e737870b7139949d1ab6318
@@ -4655,13 +4534,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"strip-eof@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "strip-eof@npm:1.0.0"
-  checksum: 40bc8ddd7e072f8ba0c2d6d05267b4e0a4800898c3435b5fb5f5a21e6e47dfaff18467e7aa0d1844bb5d6274c3097246595841fbfeb317e541974ee992cac506
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "strip-final-newline@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.0
   resolution: "strip-final-newline@npm:3.0.0"