diff --git a/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md b/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f708dde666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/move-utils-to-cli-node.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli-node': patch
+---
+
+Added `hasBackstageYarnPlugin` and `SuccessCache` exports, moved from `@backstage/cli`.
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/package.json b/packages/cli-node/package.json
index 014ed56992..16cfba3c0d 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-node/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@yarnpkg/parsers": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "semver": "^7.5.3",
+    "yaml": "^2.0.0",
     "zod": "^3.25.76"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/report.api.md b/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
index cf27d92894..9d4887ca59 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/cli-node/report.api.md
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ export class GitUtils {
   static readFileAtRef(path: string, ref: string): Promise<string>;
 }
 
+// @public
+export function hasBackstageYarnPlugin(workspaceDir?: string): Promise<boolean>;
+
 // @public
 export function isMonoRepo(): Promise<boolean>;
 
@@ -221,6 +224,17 @@ export function runWorkerQueueThreads<TItem, TResult, TContext>(
   results: TResult[];
 }>;
 
+// @public
+export class SuccessCache {
+  // (undocumented)
+  static create(options: { name: string; basePath?: string }): SuccessCache;
+  // (undocumented)
+  read(): Promise<Set<string>>;
+  static trimPaths(input: string): string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  write(newEntries: Iterable<string>): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 // @public
 export type WorkerQueueThreadsOptions<TItem, TResult, TContext> = {
   items: Iterable<TItem>;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
index 8131a469a4..78913ed0b6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/cache/SuccessCache.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/SuccessCache.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const DEFAULT_CACHE_BASE_PATH = 'node_modules/.cache/backstage-cli';
 
 const CACHE_MAX_AGE_MS = 7 * 24 * 3600_000;
 
+/**
+ * A file-system-based cache that tracks successful operations by storing
+ * timestamped marker files.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export class SuccessCache {
   readonly #path: string;
 
@@ -34,8 +40,15 @@ export class SuccessCache {
     return input.replaceAll(targetPaths.rootDir, '');
   }
 
-  constructor(name: string, basePath?: string) {
-    this.#path = resolvePath(basePath ?? DEFAULT_CACHE_BASE_PATH, name);
+  static create(options: { name: string; basePath?: string }): SuccessCache {
+    return new SuccessCache(options);
+  }
+
+  private constructor(options: { name: string; basePath?: string }) {
+    this.#path = resolvePath(
+      options.basePath ?? DEFAULT_CACHE_BASE_PATH,
+      options.name,
+    );
   }
 
   async read(): Promise<Set<string>> {
@@ -89,7 +102,6 @@ export class SuccessCache {
 
     const empty = Buffer.alloc(0);
     for (const key of newEntries) {
-      // Remove any existing items with the key we're about to add
       const trimmedItems = existingItems.filter(item =>
         item.endsWith(`_${key}`),
       );
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53c9f0e4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/cache/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { SuccessCache } from './SuccessCache';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
index 5540666a05..35074507c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
+export * from './cache';
+export * from './concurrency';
 export * from './git';
 export * from './monorepo';
-export * from './concurrency';
 export * from './roles';
+export * from './yarn';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..871aa14ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { hasBackstageYarnPlugin } from './yarnPlugin';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.test.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.test.ts
similarity index 79%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.test.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.test.ts
index a07c2a2ac6..ecbff45ba7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.test.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 import { createMockDirectory } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { overrideTargetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common/testUtils';
-import { getHasYarnPlugin } from './yarnPlugin';
+import { hasBackstageYarnPlugin } from './yarnPlugin';
 
 const mockDir = createMockDirectory();
 overrideTargetPaths(mockDir.path);
 
-describe('getHasYarnPlugin', () => {
+describe('hasBackstageYarnPlugin', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockDir.clear();
   });
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('getHasYarnPlugin', () => {
   it('should return false when .yarnrc.yml does not exist', async () => {
     mockDir.setContent({});
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('getHasYarnPlugin', () => {
       '.yarnrc.yml': '',
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('getHasYarnPlugin', () => {
       '.yarnrc.yml': 'plugins: []',
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ plugins:
 `,
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ plugins:
 `,
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(true);
   });
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ plugins:
 `,
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     expect(result).toBe(true);
   });
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ plugins:
       '.yarnrc.yml': 'invalid: yaml: content: [',
     });
 
-    await expect(getHasYarnPlugin()).rejects.toThrow();
+    await expect(hasBackstageYarnPlugin()).rejects.toThrow();
   });
 
   it('should throw error when .yarnrc.yml has unexpected structure', async () => {
@@ -105,21 +105,22 @@ plugins: "not an array"
 `,
     });
 
-    await expect(getHasYarnPlugin()).rejects.toThrow(
+    await expect(hasBackstageYarnPlugin()).rejects.toThrow(
       'Unexpected content in .yarnrc.yml',
     );
   });
 
-  it('should handle plugins with different structure', async () => {
+  it('should resolve from a custom workspace directory', async () => {
     mockDir.setContent({
-      '.yarnrc.yml': `
+      'custom-dir': {
+        '.yarnrc.yml': `
 plugins:
   - path: .yarn/plugins/@yarnpkg/plugin-backstage.cjs
-  - path: .yarn/plugins/@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript.cjs
 `,
+      },
     });
 
-    const result = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const result = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin(mockDir.resolve('custom-dir'));
     expect(result).toBe(true);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
index 0390345651..65383edd0c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/yarnPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/yarn/yarnPlugin.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 import yaml from 'yaml';
 import z from 'zod';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
@@ -30,15 +31,21 @@ const yarnRcSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 /**
- * Detects whether the Backstage Yarn plugin is installed in the target repository.
+ * Detects whether the Backstage Yarn plugin is installed in the given workspace directory.
  *
- * @returns Promise<boolean> - true if the plugin is installed, false otherwise
+ * @param workspaceDir - The workspace root directory to check. Defaults to the target root.
+ * @returns Promise resolving to true if the plugin is installed, false otherwise
+ * @public
  */
-export async function getHasYarnPlugin(): Promise<boolean> {
-  const yarnRcPath = targetPaths.resolveRoot('.yarnrc.yml');
+export async function hasBackstageYarnPlugin(
+  workspaceDir?: string,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const yarnRcPath = resolvePath(
+    workspaceDir ?? targetPaths.rootDir,
+    '.yarnrc.yml',
+  );
   const yarnRcContent = await fs.readFile(yarnRcPath, 'utf-8').catch(e => {
     if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      // gracefully continue in case the file doesn't exist
       return '';
     }
     throw e;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
index d0b4f6f37e..a3ae69302c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import {
   BackstagePackageJson,
   Lockfile,
   runWorkerQueueThreads,
+  SuccessCache,
 } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 import { createScriptOptionsParser } from '../../lib/optionsParser';
-import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
 
 function depCount(pkg: BackstagePackageJson) {
   const deps = pkg.dependencies ? Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).length : 0;
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ function depCount(pkg: BackstagePackageJson) {
 export async function command(opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
   let packages = await PackageGraph.listTargetPackages();
 
-  const cache = new SuccessCache('lint', opts.successCacheDir);
+  const cache = SuccessCache.create({
+    name: 'lint',
+    basePath: opts.successCacheDir,
+  });
   const cacheContext = opts.successCache
     ? {
         entries: await cache.read(),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
index 7ecd908d8a..8fe7013ac8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { isError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 
-import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
-import { Lockfile, runConcurrentTasks } from '@backstage/cli-node';
+import {
+  hasBackstageYarnPlugin,
+  Lockfile,
+  runConcurrentTasks,
+} from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import {
   fetchPackageInfo,
   mapDependencies,
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ function extendsDefaultPattern(pattern: string): boolean {
 export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
   const lockfilePath = targetPaths.resolveRoot('yarn.lock');
   const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(lockfilePath);
-  const hasYarnPlugin = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+  const yarnPluginEnabled = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
 
   let pattern = opts.pattern;
 
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
     });
   }
 
-  if (hasYarnPlugin) {
+  if (yarnPluginEnabled) {
     console.log();
     console.log(
       `Updating yarn plugin to v${releaseManifest.releaseVersion}...`,
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
               const oldLockfileRange = await asLockfileVersion(oldRange);
 
               const useBackstageRange =
-                hasYarnPlugin &&
+                yarnPluginEnabled &&
                 // Only use backstage:^ versions if the package is present in
                 // the manifest for the release we're bumping to.
                 releaseManifest.packages.find(
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
     if (extendsDefaultPattern(pattern)) {
       await bumpBackstageJsonVersion(
         releaseManifest.releaseVersion,
-        hasYarnPlugin,
+        yarnPluginEnabled,
       );
     } else {
       console.log(
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ export default async (opts: OptionValues) => {
       console.log();
     }
 
-    if (hasYarnPlugin) {
+    if (yarnPluginEnabled) {
       console.log();
       console.log(
         chalk.blue(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
index 45478957ac..42285259b3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { Lockfile } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { targetPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 import { createPackageVersionProvider } from '../../../../lib/version';
-import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
+import { hasBackstageYarnPlugin } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 const builtInHelpers = {
   camelCase,
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ export class PortableTemplater {
       /* ignored */
     }
 
-    const hasYarnPlugin = await getHasYarnPlugin();
+    const yarnPluginEnabled = await hasBackstageYarnPlugin();
     const versionProvider = createPackageVersionProvider(lockfile, {
-      preferBackstageProtocol: hasYarnPlugin,
+      preferBackstageProtocol: yarnPluginEnabled,
     });
 
     const templater = new PortableTemplater(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
index 1f57279935..53f86fd635 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import yargs from 'yargs';
 import { run as runJest, yargsOptions as jestYargsOptions } from 'jest-cli';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { Command, OptionValues } from 'commander';
-import { Lockfile, PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
+import { Lockfile, PackageGraph, SuccessCache } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 import {
   runCheck,
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import {
   findOwnPaths,
   isChildPath,
 } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
 
 type JestProject = {
   displayName: string;
@@ -333,7 +332,10 @@ export async function command(opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
       );
     }
 
-    const cache = new SuccessCache('test', opts.successCacheDir);
+    const cache = SuccessCache.create({
+      name: 'test',
+      basePath: opts.successCacheDir,
+    });
     const graph = await getPackageGraph();
 
     // Shared state for the bridge
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74484a0056..1447977846 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3277,6 +3277,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@yarnpkg/parsers": "npm:^3.0.0"
     fs-extra: "npm:^11.2.0"
     semver: "npm:^7.5.3"
+    yaml: "npm:^2.0.0"
     zod: "npm:^3.25.76"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft