diff --git a/.circleci/verdaccio.yml b/.circleci/verdaccio.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5209a79f193947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/verdaccio.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+storage: ./storage
+auth:
+  htpasswd:
+    file: ./htpasswd
+uplinks:
+  npmjs:
+    url: https://registry.yarnpkg.com/
+    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: $all
+    proxy: npmjs
+  '**':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    proxy: npmjs
+logs:
+  - {type: file, path: verdaccio.log, format: json, level: warn}
diff --git a/.circleci/verdaccio/config.yml b/.circleci/verdaccio/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de1d51f4d9ef11..00000000000000
--- a/.circleci/verdaccio/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-storage: ./storage
-auth:
-  htpasswd:
-    file: ./htpasswd
-uplinks:
-  npmjs:
-    url: https://registry.yarnpkg.com/
-    max_fails: 40
-    maxage: 30m
-    timeout: 60s
-    fail_timeout: 10m
-    cache: false
-    agent_options:
-      keepAlive: true
-      maxSockets: 40
-      maxFreeSockets: 10
-packages:
-  '@*/*':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $all
-    proxy: npmjs
-  '**':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $all
-    proxy: npmjs
-logs:
-  - {type: file, path: verdaccio.log, format: pretty, level: debug}
diff --git a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
index 4b1f0bd4b60ce9..1a99201669004c 100644
--- a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
+++ b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ try {
   const verdaccioProcess = spawn('npx', [
     'verdaccio@5.15.3',
     '--config',
-    '.circleci/verdaccio/config.yml',
+    '.circleci/verdaccio.yml',
   ]);
   VERDACCIO_PID = verdaccioProcess.pid;
   exec('npx wait-on@6.0.1 http://localhost:4873');
@@ -92,19 +92,6 @@ try {
         packageName !== '@react-native/tester' &&
         packageName !== '@react-native/repo-config',
     )
-    .filter(packageName => {
-      const yarnInfo = exec(`yarn info ${packageName} --json`);
-      if (yarnInfo.stderr !== '') {
-        return true;
-      }
-      const versions = JSON.parse(
-        exec(`yarn info ${packageName} --json`).stdout.trim(),
-      ).data.versions;
-      const currentVersion = require(`${process.cwd()}/${
-        packages[packageName].location
-      }/package.json`).version;
-      return !versions.includes(currentVersion);
-    })
     .forEach(packageName => {
       exec(
         `cd ${packages[packageName].location} && npm publish --registry http://localhost:4873 --yes --access public`,
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",