diff --git a/.changeset/cli-use-cli-node-utils.md b/.changeset/cli-use-cli-node-utils.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b1d6be92d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cli-use-cli-node-utils.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Migrated `getHasYarnPlugin` and `SuccessCache` to use the implementations from `@backstage/cli-node`.
diff --git a/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md b/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf91e0b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli-node': patch
+---
+
+Added `getHasYarnPlugin` and `SuccessCache` exports, moved from `@backstage/cli`.
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/package.json b/packages/cli-node/package.json
index 014ed56992..16cfba3c0d 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-node/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@yarnpkg/parsers": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "semver": "^7.5.3",
+    "yaml": "^2.0.0",
     "zod": "^3.25.76"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/report.api.md b/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
index cf27d92894..372bf34206 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ export type ConcurrentTasksOptions<TItem> = {
   worker: (item: TItem) => Promise<void>;
 };
 
+// @public
+export function getHasYarnPlugin(): Promise<boolean>;
+
 // @public
 export class GitUtils {
   static listChangedFiles(ref: string): Promise<string[]>;
@@ -221,6 +224,16 @@ export function runWorkerQueueThreads<TItem, TResult, TContext>(
   results: TResult[];
 }>;
 
+// @public
+export class SuccessCache {
+  constructor(name: string, basePath?: string);
+  // (undocumented)
+  read(): Promise<Set<string>>;
+  static trimPaths(input: string): string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  write(newEntries: Iterable<string>): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 // @public
 export type WorkerQueueThreadsOptions<TItem, TResult, TContext> = {
   items: Iterable<TItem>;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
index 8131a469a4..ba5c07ea30 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const DEFAULT_CACHE_BASE_PATH = 'node_modules/.cache/backstage-cli';
 
 const CACHE_MAX_AGE_MS = 7 * 24 * 3600_000;
 
+/**
+ * A file-system-based cache that tracks successful operations by storing
+ * timestamped marker files.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export class SuccessCache {
   readonly #path: string;
 
@@ -89,7 +95,6 @@ export class SuccessCache {
 
     const empty = Buffer.alloc(0);
     for (const key of newEntries) {
-      // Remove any existing items with the key we're about to add
       const trimmedItems = existingItems.filter(item =>
         item.endsWith(`_${key}`),
       );
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53c9f0e4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { SuccessCache } from './SuccessCache';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
index 5540666a05..35074507c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
+export * from './cache';
+export * from './concurrency';
 export * from './git';
 export * from './monorepo';
-export * from './concurrency';
 export * from './roles';
+export * from './yarn';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21b2efca3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { getHasYarnPlugin } from './yarnPlugin';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.test.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.test.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
index 0390345651..5be89704ea 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ const yarnRcSchema = z.object({
  * Detects whether the Backstage Yarn plugin is installed in the target repository.
  *
  * @returns Promise<boolean> - true if the plugin is installed, false otherwise
+ * @public
  */
 export async function getHasYarnPlugin(): Promise<boolean> {
   const yarnRcPath = targetPaths.resolveRoot('.yarnrc.yml');
   const yarnRcContent = await fs.readFile(yarnRcPath, 'utf-8').catch(e => {
     if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      // gracefully continue in case the file doesn't exist
       return '';
     }
     throw e;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
index d0b4f6f37e..ad560935cd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 import { createScriptOptionsParser } from '../../lib/optionsParser';
-import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
+import { SuccessCache } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 function depCount(pkg: BackstagePackageJson) {
   const deps = pkg.dependencies ? Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).length : 0;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
index 7ecd908d8a..943bd3ab71 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { isError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 
-import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
-import { Lockfile, runConcurrentTasks } from '@backstage/cli-node';
+import {
+  getHasYarnPlugin,
+  Lockfile,
+  runConcurrentTasks,
+} from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import {
   fetchPackageInfo,
   mapDependencies,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
index 45478957ac..bc8ff19307 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { Lockfile } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 import { createPackageVersionProvider } from '../../../../lib/version';
-import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
+import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 const builtInHelpers = {
   camelCase,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
index 1f57279935..2e4095f88a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   findOwnPaths,
   isChildPath,
 } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
+import { SuccessCache } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 type JestProject = {
   displayName: string;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74484a0056..1447977846 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3277,6 +3277,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@yarnpkg/parsers": "npm:^3.0.0"
     fs-extra: "npm:^11.2.0"
     semver: "npm:^7.5.3"
+    yaml: "npm:^2.0.0"
     zod: "npm:^3.25.76"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft