diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f070f3df61..5917e8831d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ If you don’t have Node installed, you can use [Docker Compose](https://docs.do
 
 ```sh
 # Run the tests
-docker-compose run --rm app npm test
+docker-compose run --rm app
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a099147086..01b7bb93f6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ services:
       context: .
       args:
         NODE_ENV: development
-    command: ['npm', 'test']
+    command: ['yarn', 'test']
     entrypoint: ''