diff --git a/.changeset/purple-poems-laugh.md b/.changeset/purple-poems-laugh.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ab13bdd9ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-poems-laugh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': minor
+---
+
+feat: set `resolution-mode=highest` in generated `.npmrc`
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/.npmrc b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/.npmrc
index b6f27f135954..0c05da457e45 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/.npmrc
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 engine-strict=true
+resolution-mode=highest
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/.npmrc b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/.npmrc
index b6f27f135954..0c05da457e45 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/.npmrc
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 engine-strict=true
+resolution-mode=highest
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/.npmrc b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/.npmrc
index b6f27f135954..0c05da457e45 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/.npmrc
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 engine-strict=true
+resolution-mode=highest