diff --git a/scripts/utils/touch.ts b/scripts/utils/touch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..916981b52c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils/touch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const isWin = process.platform === 'win32';
+
+export default function touch(filePath: string) {
+  if (isWin) {
+    return `echo. > ${filePath}`;
+  }
+  return `touch ${filePath}`;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/utils/yarn.ts b/scripts/utils/yarn.ts
index b5f4ab35274b..83a18d51399f 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/yarn.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/yarn.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { exec } from './exec';
 // TODO -- should we generate this file a second time outside of CLI?
 import storybookVersions from '../../code/lib/cli/src/versions';
+import touch from './touch';
 
 export type YarnOptions = {
   cwd: string;
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ export const addPackageResolutions = async ({ cwd, dryRun }: YarnOptions) => {
 
 export const installYarn2 = async ({ cwd, dryRun, debug }: YarnOptions) => {
   const command = [
-    `touch yarn.lock`,
-    `touch yarnrc.yml`,
+    touch('yarn.lock'),
+    touch('yarnrc.yml'),
     `yarn set version berry`,
     // Use the global cache so we aren't re-caching dependencies each time we run sandbox
     `yarn config set enableGlobalCache true`,