diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index d1a6f6e3..dd4f30ad 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -99,11 +99,30 @@ async function buildDepTreeFromFiles(
     throw new Error('Missing required parameters for buildDepTreeFromFiles()');
   }
 
+  const manifestFileFullPath = path.resolve(root, manifestFilePath);
+  const lockFileFullPath = path.resolve(root, lockFilePath);
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(manifestFileFullPath)) {
+    throw new InvalidUserInputError(
+      'Target file package.json not found at ' +
+        `location: ${manifestFileFullPath}`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (!fs.existsSync(lockFileFullPath)) {
+    throw new InvalidUserInputError(
+      'Lockfile not found at location: ' + lockFileFullPath,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const manifestFileContents = fs.readFileSync(manifestFileFullPath, 'utf-8');
+  const lockFileContents = fs.readFileSync(lockFileFullPath, 'utf-8');
+
   let lockFileType: LockfileType;
   if (lockFilePath.endsWith('package-lock.json')) {
     lockFileType = LockfileType.npm;
   } else if (lockFilePath.endsWith('yarn.lock')) {
     if (
+      lockFileContents.includes('__metadata') ||
       fs.existsSync(
         path.resolve(root, lockFilePath.replace('yarn.lock', '.yarnrc.yml')),
       )
@@ -119,24 +138,6 @@ async function buildDepTreeFromFiles(
     );
   }
 
-  const manifestFileFullPath = path.resolve(root, manifestFilePath);
-  const lockFileFullPath = path.resolve(root, lockFilePath);
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(manifestFileFullPath)) {
-    throw new InvalidUserInputError(
-      'Target file package.json not found at ' +
-        `location: ${manifestFileFullPath}`,
-    );
-  }
-  if (!fs.existsSync(lockFileFullPath)) {
-    throw new InvalidUserInputError(
-      'Lockfile not found at location: ' + lockFileFullPath,
-    );
-  }
-
-  const manifestFileContents = fs.readFileSync(manifestFileFullPath, 'utf-8');
-  const lockFileContents = fs.readFileSync(lockFileFullPath, 'utf-8');
-
   return await buildDepTree(
     manifestFileContents,
     lockFileContents,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 898b4427..c4c4830d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "yaml": "^1.9.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^14.0.13",
+    "@types/node": "^10.17.26",
     "@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.29.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.29.0",
diff --git a/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/package.json b/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04939fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "goof",
+  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "description": "A vulnerable todo demo application",
+  "homepage": "https://snyk.io/",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Snyk/snyk-todo-list-demo-app/"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node app.js",
+    "build": "browserify -r jquery > public/js/bundle.js",
+    "cleanup": "mongo express-todo --eval 'db.todos.remove({});'"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "6.14.1"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "adm-zip": "0.4.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/yarn.lock b/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a513c0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This file is generated by running "yarn install" inside your project.
+# Manual changes might be lost - proceed with caution!
+
+__metadata:
+  version: 4
+
+"adm-zip@npm:0.4.7":
+  version: 0.4.7
+  resolution: "adm-zip@npm:0.4.7"
+  checksum: 2/11a1c45712be29358e9e62b8b7111c2af6b13ee8e954443f64b5f6e7e869473219f4601f34537e960cf98968b9e7d46a376abb650c4095adcbe402b98a1c8af0
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"goof@workspace:.":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "goof@workspace:."
+  dependencies:
+    adm-zip: 0.4.7
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
diff --git a/test/lib/yarn.test.ts b/test/lib/yarn.test.ts
index f687768a..59bf95f0 100644
--- a/test/lib/yarn.test.ts
+++ b/test/lib/yarn.test.ts
@@ -313,3 +313,14 @@ for (const version of ['yarn1', 'yarn2']) {
     }
   });
 }
+
+// Yarn v2 specific test
+test('.yarnrc.yaml is missing, but still resolving to yarn2 version', async (t) => {
+  const depTree = await buildDepTreeFromFiles(
+    `${__dirname}/fixtures/missing-dot-yarnrc-yarn2/`,
+    'package.json',
+    `yarn.lock`,
+  );
+
+  t.equal(depTree.meta?.packageManagerVersion, '2', 'resolved to yarn v2');
+});