From fafd9e10e1fccbe032066f210f68da8f3ae14b7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 21:00:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli: fix yargs usage

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 .changeset/salty-camels-wash.md          | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/modules/config/index.ts | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/salty-camels-wash.md

diff --git a/.changeset/salty-camels-wash.md b/.changeset/salty-camels-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56600db540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/salty-camels-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fixed internal usage of `yargs`.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/config/index.ts
index d62dbd4d26..3eabf5e9fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/config/index.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default createCliPlugin({
       path: ['config:print'],
       description: 'Print the app configuration for the current package',
       execute: async ({ args, info }) => {
-        const argv = await yargs
+        const argv = await yargs()
           .options({
             package: { type: 'string' },
             lax: { type: 'boolean' },
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default createCliPlugin({
       description:
         'Validate that the given configuration loads and matches schema',
       execute: async ({ args }) => {
-        const argv = await yargs
+        const argv = await yargs()
           .options({
             package: { type: 'string' },
             lax: { type: 'boolean' },
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default createCliPlugin({
       path: ['config:schema'],
       description: 'Print the JSON schema for the given configuration',
       execute: async ({ args }) => {
-        const argv = await yargs
+        const argv = await yargs()
           .options({
             package: { type: 'string' },
             format: { type: 'string' },
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default createCliPlugin({
       path: ['config', 'schema'],
       description: 'Print the JSON schema for the given configuration',
       execute: async ({ args }) => {
-        const argv = await yargs
+        const argv = await yargs()
           .options({
             package: { type: 'string' },
             format: { type: 'string' },