diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d7640b2c..577bd6aa9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## main
 - Upgrade heroku_hatchet to 7.3.4 to get CI green again ([#936](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs/pull/936))
 - Fix typo in conflicting lockfile failure message ([#901](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs/pull/901))
+- Use local packages with Yarn when present ([#913](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs/pull/913))
 
 ## v186 (2021-08-11)
 - Refactor $WEB_CONCURRENCY logic ([#931](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs/pull/931))
diff --git a/lib/dependencies.sh b/lib/dependencies.sh
index bd364a33d..1c18015ea 100644
--- a/lib/dependencies.sh
+++ b/lib/dependencies.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ yarn_node_modules() {
 
   echo "Installing node modules (yarn.lock)"
   cd "$build_dir" || return
-  monitor "yarn-install" yarn install --production="$production" --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines 2>&1
+  monitor "yarn-install" yarn install --production="$production" --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines --prefer-offline 2>&1
 }
 
 yarn_2_install() {