diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/_gitignore b/packages/react-native/template/_gitignore
index 0cab2ac6fc46cd..0b554f26428067 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/_gitignore
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/_gitignore
@@ -64,3 +64,11 @@ yarn-error.log
 
 # testing
 /coverage
+
+# Yarn
+.yarn/*
+!.yarn/patches
+!.yarn/plugins
+!.yarn/releases
+!.yarn/sdks
+!.yarn/versions