diff --git a/.changeset/rechoir-node-20.md b/.changeset/rechoir-node-20.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77f6c4b1ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rechoir-node-20.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"webpack-cli": patch
+---
+
+fix: depend on `rechoir` v0.8 again, v1 requires Node.js 22.15.0 and breaks installs on Node.js 20 with Yarn 1 or `engine-strict`
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 6378b02d7f3..c91ed7b1245 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ updates:
     labels:
       - dependencies
     versioning-strategy: widen
+    ignore:
+      # TODO remove it when webpack-cli requires Node.js >= 22.15.0, `rechoir` 1 requires it
+      - dependency-name: "rechoir"
+        versions: [">=1.0.0"]
     groups:
       dependencies:
         patterns:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49a920cf6da..bd998e97ab7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18067,15 +18067,15 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/rechoir": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vyBa7bWz11iJRwzJR0nGLt6r45bymWfYXAgd1FmP08BNP/DHAVabgpGPyEXQmBtKvhgxi17SQz2szhvkberQsg==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 22.15.0"
+      "dependencies": {
+        "resolve": "^1.20.0"
       },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/gulpjs"
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.13.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/reflect-metadata": {
@@ -21070,7 +21070,7 @@
         "envinfo": "^7.21.0",
         "import-local": "^3.2.0",
         "interpret": "^3.1.1",
-        "rechoir": "^1.0.0",
+        "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
         "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
index 944acfa7547..b02903f0462 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "envinfo": "^7.21.0",
     "import-local": "^3.2.0",
     "interpret": "^3.1.1",
-    "rechoir": "^1.0.0",
+    "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {