diff --git a/.circleci/verdaccio.yml b/.circleci/verdaccio.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37e5d23b380227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/verdaccio.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+storage: ./storage
+auth:
+  htpasswd:
+    file: ./htpasswd
+uplinks:
+  npmjs:
+    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+    max_fails: 40
+    maxage: 30m
+    timeout: 60s
+    fail_timeout: 10m
+    cache: false
+    agent_options:
+      keepAlive: true
+      maxSockets: 40
+      maxFreeSockets: 10
+packages:
+  # Group and isolate all local packages, avoid being proxy from outside
+  '@react-native/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+  # The below specific entries can be removed once they are renamed and have the @react-native prefix
+  '@react-native-community/eslint-config':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+  '@react-native-community/eslint-plugin':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+  'react-native-codegen':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+  'react-native-gradle-plugin':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+  '@*/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $authenticated
+    proxy: npmjs
+  '**':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    proxy: npmjs
+logs:
+  - {type: file, path: verdaccio.log, format: json, level: warn}
diff --git a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
index 177cb102339a72..1c013ba073537c 100644
--- a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
+++ b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const {cd, cp, echo, exec, exit, mv, rm} = require('shelljs');
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 const argv = require('yargs').argv;
 const path = require('path');
+const {setupVerdaccio} = require('./setup-verdaccio');
 
 const SCRIPTS = __dirname;
 const ROOT = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, '..'));
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const REACT_NATIVE_APP_DIR = `${REACT_NATIVE_TEMP_DIR}/template`;
 const numberOfRetries = argv.retries || 1;
 let SERVER_PID;
 let APPIUM_PID;
+let VERDACCIO_PID;
 let exitCode;
 
 function describe(message) {
@@ -70,6 +72,19 @@ try {
 
   const REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE = path.join(ROOT, 'react-native-*.tgz');
 
+  describe('Set up Verdaccio');
+  VERDACCIO_PID = setupVerdaccio();
+
+  describe('Publish packages');
+  const packages = JSON.parse(
+    JSON.parse(exec('yarn --json workspaces info').stdout).data,
+  );
+  Object.keys(packages).forEach(packageName => {
+    exec(
+      `cd ${packages[packageName].location} && npm publish --registry http://localhost:4873 --yes --access public`,
+    );
+  });
+
   describe('Scaffold a basic React Native app from template');
   exec(`rsync -a ${ROOT}/template ${REACT_NATIVE_TEMP_DIR}`);
   cd(REACT_NATIVE_APP_DIR);
@@ -156,9 +171,7 @@ try {
 
     describe(`Start Metro, ${SERVER_PID}`);
     // shelljs exec('', {async: true}) does not emit stdout events, so we rely on good old spawn
-    const packagerProcess = spawn('yarn', ['start', '--max-workers 1'], {
-      env: process.env,
-    });
+    const packagerProcess = spawn('yarn', ['start', '--max-workers 1']);
     SERVER_PID = packagerProcess.pid;
     // wait a bit to allow packager to startup
     exec('sleep 15s');
@@ -288,5 +301,9 @@ try {
     echo(`Killing appium ${APPIUM_PID}`);
     exec(`kill -9 ${APPIUM_PID}`);
   }
+  if (VERDACCIO_PID) {
+    echo(`Killing verdaccio ${VERDACCIO_PID}`);
+    exec(`kill -9 ${VERDACCIO_PID}`);
+  }
 }
 exit(exitCode);
diff --git a/scripts/setup-verdaccio.js b/scripts/setup-verdaccio.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e62e7918540d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup-verdaccio.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const {exec} = require('shelljs');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+function setupVerdaccio() {
+  const verdaccioProcess = spawn('npx', [
+    'verdaccio@5.15.3',
+    '--config',
+    '.circleci/verdaccio.yml',
+  ]);
+  const VERDACCIO_PID = verdaccioProcess.pid;
+  exec('npx wait-on@6.0.1 http://localhost:4873');
+  exec('npm set registry http://localhost:4873');
+  exec('echo "//localhost:4873/:_authToken=secretToken" > .npmrc');
+  return VERDACCIO_PID;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  setupVerdaccio: setupVerdaccio,
+};
diff --git a/template/package.json b/template/package.json
index 5300570ea3dcbd..98dd49a0886c1b 100644
--- a/template/package.json
+++ b/template/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.12.9",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
-    "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
+    "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^3.0.0",
     "babel-jest": "^26.6.3",
     "eslint": "^8.19.0",
     "jest": "^26.6.3",