diff --git a/packages/cli/src/generate/generators/app/create-app.ts b/packages/cli/src/generate/generators/app/create-app.ts
index 723a04c563..8a5f91325b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/generate/generators/app/create-app.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/generate/generators/app/create-app.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ export async function createApp({ name, autoInstall, initRepo, mongodb = false,
     log();
     const spinner = log(`%s 📦 Installing dependencies (${packageManager})...`, true);
 
-    const args = [ 'install' ];
+    // TODO: in version 3, remove the hack "--ignore-engines"
+    const args = [ 'install', '--ignore-engines' ];
     const options: SpawnOptions = {
       cwd: names.kebabName,
       shell: true,