diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/common/installDependencies.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/common/installDependencies.ts
index 1d907959..fc71b7a9 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/common/installDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/common/installDependencies.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,61 @@
 import path from 'path';
 
+import semver from 'semver';
 import { Job } from '@expo/eas-build-job';
 import spawn, { SpawnPromise, SpawnResult, SpawnOptions } from '@expo/turtle-spawn';
 
 import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 import { PackageManager, findPackagerRootDir } from '../utils/packageManager';
-import { isUsingYarn2 } from '../utils/project';
+import { isUsingModernYarnVersion } from '../utils/project';
 
 export async function installDependenciesAsync<TJob extends Job>(
   ctx: BuildContext<TJob>,
-  { logger, infoCallbackFn, cwd }: SpawnOptions
+  {
+    logger,
+    infoCallbackFn,
+    cwd,
+    sdkVersionFromPackageJson,
+    reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson,
+    withoutFrozenLockfile,
+  }: {
+    logger?: SpawnOptions['logger'];
+    infoCallbackFn?: SpawnOptions['infoCallbackFn'];
+    cwd?: SpawnOptions['cwd'];
+    sdkVersionFromPackageJson?: string;
+    reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson?: string;
+    withoutFrozenLockfile?: boolean;
+  }
 ): Promise<{ spawnPromise: SpawnPromise<SpawnResult> }> {
-  let args = ['install'];
-  if (ctx.packageManager === PackageManager.PNPM) {
-    args = ['install', '--no-frozen-lockfile'];
-  } else if (ctx.packageManager === PackageManager.YARN) {
-    const isYarn2 = await isUsingYarn2(ctx.getReactNativeProjectDirectory());
-    if (isYarn2) {
-      args = ['install', '--no-immutable', '--inline-builds'];
+  const shouldUseFrozenLockfile = Boolean(
+    !withoutFrozenLockfile &&
+      !ctx.env.EAS_NO_FROZEN_LOCKFILE &&
+      ((!!sdkVersionFromPackageJson && semver.satisfies(sdkVersionFromPackageJson, '>=52')) ||
+        (!!reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson &&
+          semver.satisfies(reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson, '>=0.76')))
+  );
+
+  let args: string[];
+  switch (ctx.packageManager) {
+    case PackageManager.NPM: {
+      args = [shouldUseFrozenLockfile ? 'ci' : 'install'];
+      break;
+    }
+    case PackageManager.PNPM: {
+      args = ['install', shouldUseFrozenLockfile ? '--frozen-lockfile' : '--no-frozen-lockfile'];
+      break;
+    }
+    case PackageManager.YARN: {
+      const isYarn2 = await isUsingModernYarnVersion(ctx.getReactNativeProjectDirectory());
+      args = isYarn2
+        ? ['install', shouldUseFrozenLockfile ? '--immutable' : '--no-immutable', '--inline-builds']
+        : ['install', ...(shouldUseFrozenLockfile ? ['--frozen-lockfile'] : [])];
+      break;
     }
+    case PackageManager.BUN:
+      args = ['install', ...(shouldUseFrozenLockfile ? ['--frozen-lockfile'] : [])];
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported package manager: ${ctx.packageManager}`);
   }
   logger?.info(`Running "${ctx.packageManager} ${args.join(' ')}" in ${cwd} directory`);
   return {
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/common/prebuild.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/common/prebuild.ts
index 108a2e47..04914bd2 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/common/prebuild.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/common/prebuild.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export async function prebuildAsync<TJob extends BuildJob>(
     await installDependenciesAsync(ctx, {
       logger,
       cwd: resolvePackagerDir(ctx),
+      withoutFrozenLockfile: true, // prebuild should can modify package.json in some cases
     })
   ).spawnPromise;
   await installDependenciesSpawnPromise;
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/common/setup.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/common/setup.ts
index c990239b..91fd3042 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/common/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/common/setup.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { BuildTrigger } from '@expo/eas-build-job/dist/common';
 import nullthrows from 'nullthrows';
 import { ExpoConfig } from '@expo/config';
 import { UserFacingError } from '@expo/eas-build-job/dist/errors';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 import { deleteXcodeEnvLocalIfExistsAsync } from '../ios/xcodeEnv';
@@ -55,8 +56,16 @@ export async function setupAsync<TJob extends BuildJob>(ctx: BuildContext<TJob>)
     return packageJson;
   });
 
+  const sdkVersionFromPackageJson = semver.coerce(packageJson?.dependencies?.expo)?.version;
+  const reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson = semver.coerce(
+    packageJson?.dependencies?.['react-native']
+  )?.version;
+
   await ctx.runBuildPhase(BuildPhase.INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES, async () => {
-    await runInstallDependenciesAsync(ctx);
+    await runInstallDependenciesAsync(ctx, {
+      sdkVersionFromPackageJson,
+      reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson,
+    });
   });
 
   await ctx.runBuildPhase(BuildPhase.READ_APP_CONFIG, async () => {
@@ -145,7 +154,14 @@ async function runExpoDoctor<TJob extends Job>(ctx: BuildContext<TJob>): Promise
 }
 
 async function runInstallDependenciesAsync<TJob extends Job>(
-  ctx: BuildContext<TJob>
+  ctx: BuildContext<TJob>,
+  {
+    sdkVersionFromPackageJson,
+    reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson,
+  }: {
+    sdkVersionFromPackageJson?: string;
+    reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson?: string;
+  }
 ): Promise<void> {
   let warnTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
   let killTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
@@ -163,6 +179,8 @@ async function runInstallDependenciesAsync<TJob extends Job>(
           }
         },
         cwd: resolvePackagerDir(ctx),
+        sdkVersionFromPackageJson,
+        reactNativeVersionFromPackageJson,
       })
     ).spawnPromise;
 
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/installNodeModules.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/installNodeModules.ts
index 8fc62d07..8e8b5dec 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/installNodeModules.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/installNodeModules.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   PackageManager,
   resolvePackageManager,
 } from '../../utils/packageManager';
-import { isUsingYarn2 } from '../../utils/project';
+import { isUsingModernYarnVersion } from '../../utils/project';
 
 export function createInstallNodeModulesBuildFunction(): BuildFunction {
   return new BuildFunction({
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function installNodeModules(
   if (packageManager === PackageManager.PNPM) {
     args = ['install', '--no-frozen-lockfile'];
   } else if (packageManager === PackageManager.YARN) {
-    const isYarn2 = await isUsingYarn2(stepCtx.workingDirectory);
+    const isYarn2 = await isUsingModernYarnVersion(stepCtx.workingDirectory);
     if (isYarn2) {
       args = ['install', '--no-immutable', '--inline-builds'];
     }
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/hooks.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/hooks.ts
index a457c6a5..70d01a4e 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/hooks.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import spawn from '@expo/turtle-spawn';
 import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 
 import { PackageManager } from './packageManager';
-import { isUsingYarn2, readPackageJson } from './project';
+import { isUsingModernYarnVersion, readPackageJson } from './project';
 
 export enum Hook {
   PRE_INSTALL = 'eas-build-pre-install',
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function runHookIfPresent<TJob extends BuildJob>(
     // when using yarn 2, it's not possible to run any scripts before running 'yarn install'
     // use 'npm' in that case
     const packageManager =
-      (await isUsingYarn2(projectDir)) && hook === Hook.PRE_INSTALL
+      (await isUsingModernYarnVersion(projectDir)) && hook === Hook.PRE_INSTALL
         ? PackageManager.NPM
         : ctx.packageManager;
     await spawn(packageManager, ['run', hook], {
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/project.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/project.ts
index 1cf293fe..624fd563 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/project.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/project.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { findPackagerRootDir, PackageManager } from '../utils/packageManager';
 /**
  * check if .yarnrc.yml exists in the project dir or in the workspace root dir
  */
-export async function isUsingYarn2(projectDir: string): Promise<boolean> {
+export async function isUsingModernYarnVersion(projectDir: string): Promise<boolean> {
   const yarnrcPath = path.join(projectDir, '.yarnrc.yml');
   const yarnrcRootPath = path.join(findPackagerRootDir(projectDir), '.yarnrc.yml');
   return (await fs.pathExists(yarnrcPath)) || (await fs.pathExists(yarnrcRootPath));