diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/474-yarn_fix-outdated-fix-list.yml b/changelogs/fragments/474-yarn_fix-outdated-fix-list.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baa19b7070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/474-yarn_fix-outdated-fix-list.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - yarn - fixed an index out of range error when no outdated packages where returned by yarn executable (see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/474).
+  - yarn - fixed an too many values to unpack error when scoped packages are installed (see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/474).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py
index 8b21753851..7def1698f0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/yarn.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Yarn(object):
             return installed, missing
 
         for dep in dependencies:
-            name, version = dep['name'].split('@')
+            name, version = dep['name'].rsplit('@', 1)
             installed.append(name)
 
         if self.name not in installed:
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ class Yarn(object):
         if err:
             self.module.fail_json(msg=err)
 
+        if not cmd_result:
+            return outdated
+
         outdated_packages_data = cmd_result.splitlines()[1]
 
         data = json.loads(outdated_packages_data)
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/yarn/templates/package.j2 b/tests/integration/targets/yarn/templates/package.j2
index 5af8b4bab6..8ca73aa83a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/yarn/templates/package.j2
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/yarn/templates/package.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "iconv-lite": "^0.4.21"
+    "iconv-lite": "^0.4.21",
+    "@types/node": "^12.0.0"
   }
 }
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