diff --git a/@commitlint/load/package.json b/@commitlint/load/package.json
index 99dc37cf05..9723626fc1 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/load/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "@commitlint/resolve-extends": "^19.1.0",
     "@commitlint/types": "^19.0.3",
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
-    "cosmiconfig": "^8.3.6",
+    "cosmiconfig": "^9.0.0",
     "cosmiconfig-typescript-loader": "^5.0.0",
     "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.6",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
diff --git a/@commitlint/load/src/load.test.ts b/@commitlint/load/src/load.test.ts
index fbf1d84ddd..129c1944ed 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/src/load.test.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/load/src/load.test.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ describe.each([['basic'], ['extends']])('%s config', (template) => {
 		'commitlint.config.js',
 		'commitlint.config.mjs',
 		'package.json',
+		'package.yaml',
 		'.commitlintrc',
 		'.commitlintrc.cjs',
 		'.commitlintrc.js',
@@ -274,6 +275,13 @@ describe.each([['basic'], ['extends']])('%s config', (template) => {
 				readFileSync(configPath, {encoding: 'utf-8'})
 			);
 			return JSON.stringify({commitlint});
+		} else if (filename === 'package.yaml') {
+			const configPath = path.join(
+				__dirname,
+				`../fixtures/${template}-config/.commitlintrc.yaml`
+			);
+			const yaml = readFileSync(configPath, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
+			return `commitlint:\n${yaml.replace(/^/gm, '  ')}`;
 		} else {
 			const filePath = ['..', 'fixtures', `${template}-config`, filename];
 
diff --git a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-config.ts b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-config.ts
index a5624620ff..34a8af8039 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-config.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/load/src/utils/load-config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface LoadConfigResult {
 }
 
 const moduleName = 'commitlint';
+const searchStrategy = 'global';
 
 export async function loadConfig(
 	cwd: string,
@@ -37,10 +38,12 @@ export async function loadConfig(
 			: defaultLoadersSync;
 
 	const explorer = cosmiconfig(moduleName, {
+		searchStrategy,
 		searchPlaces: [
 			// cosmiconfig overrides default searchPlaces if any new search place is added (For e.g. `*.ts` files),
 			// we need to manually merge default searchPlaces from https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig#searchplaces
 			'package.json',
+			'package.yaml',
 			`.${moduleName}rc`,
 			`.${moduleName}rc.json`,
 			`.${moduleName}rc.yaml`,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7786086b48..7fc5051651 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ These can be modified by [your own configuration](#config).
   - `commitlint.config.ts`
   - `commitlint.config.cts`
   - `commitlint` field in `package.json`
+  - `commitlint` field in [`package.yaml`](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/1799)
 - Packages: [cli](./@commitlint/cli), [core](./@commitlint/core)
 - See [Rules](./docs/reference/rules.md) for a complete list of possible rules
 - An example configuration can be found at [@commitlint/config-conventional](./@commitlint/config-conventional/src/index.ts)
diff --git a/docs/reference/configuration.md b/docs/reference/configuration.md
index c77d695cb2..94ec728c7f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/reference/configuration.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Configuration files are resolved using [cosmiconfig](https://github.com/cosmicon
 
 ## Config via `package.json`
 
-You can add `commitlint` field in `package.json` with an object that follows below structure.
+You can add a `commitlint` field in `package.json` (or [`package.yaml`](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/1799)) with an object that follows the below structure.
 
 ## Config option CLI
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 11b8266534..db433b93fb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3417,15 +3417,15 @@ cosmiconfig@^7.0.0:
     path-type "^4.0.0"
     yaml "^1.10.0"
 
-cosmiconfig@^8.3.6:
-  version "8.3.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/-/cosmiconfig-8.3.6.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-kcZ6+W5QzcJ3P1Mt+83OUv/oHFqZHIx8DuxG6eZ5RGMERoLqp4BuGjhHLYGK+Kf5XVkQvqBSmAy/nGWN3qDgEA==
+cosmiconfig@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/-/cosmiconfig-9.0.0.tgz#34c3fc58287b915f3ae905ab6dc3de258b55ad9d"
+  integrity sha512-itvL5h8RETACmOTFc4UfIyB2RfEHi71Ax6E/PivVxq9NseKbOWpeyHEOIbmAw1rs8Ak0VursQNww7lf7YtUwzg==
   dependencies:
+    env-paths "^2.2.1"
     import-fresh "^3.3.0"
     js-yaml "^4.1.0"
     parse-json "^5.2.0"
-    path-type "^4.0.0"
 
 cross-env@^7.0.3:
   version "7.0.3"
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ entities@^4.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/entities/-/entities-4.5.0.tgz#5d268ea5e7113ec74c4d033b79ea5a35a488fb48"
   integrity sha512-V0hjH4dGPh9Ao5p0MoRY6BVqtwCjhz6vI5LT8AJ55H+4g9/4vbHx1I54fS0XuclLhDHArPQCiMjDxjaL8fPxhw==
 
-env-paths@^2.2.0:
+env-paths@^2.2.0, env-paths@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/env-paths/-/env-paths-2.2.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-+h1lkLKhZMTYjog1VEpJNG7NZJWcuc2DDk/qsqSTRRCOXiLjeQ1d1/udrUGhqMxUgAlwKNZ0cf2uqan5GLuS2A==
@@ -7627,14 +7627,7 @@ string_decoder@^1.1.1, string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1":
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
-  integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
-
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==