diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a49c3fa3f0385f..766f0452c904f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "babel-preset-fbjs": "^3.4.0",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "clang-format": "^1.8.0",
-    "commander": "^12.0.0",
+    "commander": "^9.4.1",
     "connect": "^3.6.5",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/helloworld/package.json b/packages/helloworld/package.json
index 034bdd7074d65e..d9e11b3f446610 100644
--- a/packages/helloworld/package.json
+++ b/packages/helloworld/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "@react-native/metro-config": "0.75.2",
     "babel-jest": "^29.6.3",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
-    "commander": "^12.0.0",
+    "commander": "^9.4.1",
     "eslint": "^8.19.0",
     "jest": "^29.6.3",
     "listr2": "^8.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-info/package.json b/packages/react-native-info/package.json
index 48333c24cb29e1..f7148656724c6c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-info/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-info/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-apple": "14.1.0",
     "@react-native-community/cli-tools": "14.1.0",
     "@react-native-community/cli-types": "14.1.0",
-    "commander": "^12.0.0",
+    "commander": "^9.4.1",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "yaml": "^2.4.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/react-native/package.json b/packages/react-native/package.json
index 22c51ace9f973e..bc3f423dc06c27 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native/package.json
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     "ansi-regex": "^5.0.0",
     "base64-js": "^1.5.1",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
-    "commander": "^12.0.0",
+    "commander": "^9.4.1",
     "event-target-shim": "^5.0.1",
     "flow-enums-runtime": "^0.0.6",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6fa371a4c5b5d2..77f3f59f0d6a5f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3941,11 +3941,6 @@ command-exists@^1.2.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.9.tgz#c50725af3808c8ab0260fd60b01fbfa25b954f69"
   integrity sha512-LTQ/SGc+s0Xc0Fu5WaKnR0YiygZkm9eKFvyS+fRsU7/ZWFF8ykFM6Pc9aCVf1+xasOOZpO3BAVgVrKvsqKHV7w==
 
-commander@^12.0.0:
-  version "12.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-12.1.0.tgz#01423b36f501259fdaac4d0e4d60c96c991585d3"
-  integrity sha512-Vw8qHK3bZM9y/P10u3Vib8o/DdkvA2OtPtZvD871QKjy74Wj1WSKFILMPRPSdUSx5RFK1arlJzEtA4PkFgnbuA==
-
 commander@^2.12.1, commander@^2.18.0, commander@^2.20.0:
   version "2.20.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz#fd485e84c03eb4881c20722ba48035e8531aeb33"