diff --git a/boilerplate/package.json b/boilerplate/package.json
index b1fede978..74ed59f74 100644
--- a/boilerplate/package.json
+++ b/boilerplate/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   "expo": {
     "install": {
       "exclude": [
-        "react-native-worklets@~0.7.0-nightly-20251001-14eca5b4c"
+        "react-native-worklets"
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/new.ts b/src/commands/new.ts
index 4d0352d77..0e3f676a8 100644
--- a/src/commands/new.ts
+++ b/src/commands/new.ts
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ module.exports = {
         // find "expo-localization" line and append "expo-router" line after it
         packageJsonRaw = packageJsonRaw.replace(
           /"expo-localization": ".*",/g,
-          `"expo-localization": "${packageJsonParsed.dependencies["expo-localization"]}",${EOL}    "expo-router":  "~5.0.7",`,
+          `"expo-localization": "${packageJsonParsed.dependencies["expo-localization"]}",${EOL}    "expo-router":  "~6.0.10",`,
         )
 
         // replace "main" entry point from App.js to "expo-router/entry"
diff --git a/src/tools/packager.ts b/src/tools/packager.ts
index 1e75894ce..f22719e9f 100644
--- a/src/tools/packager.ts
+++ b/src/tools/packager.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function installCmd(options: PackageRunOptions) {
   } else if (options.packagerName === "yarn") {
     return `yarn install${silent}`
   } else if (options.packagerName === "npm") {
-    return `npm install${silent}`
+    return `npm install${silent} --legacy-peer-deps`
   } else if (options.packagerName === "bun") {
     return `bun install${silent}`
   } else {
diff --git a/src/tools/react-native.test.ts b/src/tools/react-native.test.ts
index 42284aae3..2be593057 100644
--- a/src/tools/react-native.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/react-native.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe("react native", () => {
 
       const results = filesystem.read(readmePath)
       const expectedResults = `
-npm install
+npm install --legacy-peer-deps
 npm run start
 npm run build:ios:sim
 npm run build:ios:device