diff --git a/packages/foundryup/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/foundryup/CHANGELOG.md
index f6ce1417dc..28e96f663f 100644
--- a/packages/foundryup/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/foundryup/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Replace duplicated cache directory and cache-clean helpers with
+  `@metamask/local-node-utils` ([#9239](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/9239)).
+  - Scope foundryup downloads under a `foundryup` cache namespace, matching
+    other MetaMask installer packages.
+
 ## [1.0.1]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/packages/foundryup/package.json b/packages/foundryup/package.json
index 19bbdf0f17..3bc312aea5 100644
--- a/packages/foundryup/package.json
+++ b/packages/foundryup/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "test:watch": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@metamask/local-node-utils": "workspace:^",
     "minipass": "^7.1.2",
     "tar": "^7.4.3",
     "unzipper": "^0.12.3",
@@ -64,8 +65,7 @@
     "ts-jest": "^29.2.5",
     "typedoc": "^0.25.13",
     "typedoc-plugin-missing-exports": "^2.0.0",
-    "typescript": "~5.3.3",
-    "yaml": "^2.3.4"
+    "typescript": "~5.3.3"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18.18 || >=20"
diff --git a/packages/foundryup/src/foundryup.test.ts b/packages/foundryup/src/foundryup.test.ts
index da3268a3df..fe88a452e8 100644
--- a/packages/foundryup/src/foundryup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/foundryup/src/foundryup.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import type { Dir } from 'fs';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import nock, { cleanAll } from 'nock';
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { join, relative } from 'path';
-import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml';
+
+import { cleanInstallerCache } from '@metamask/local-node-utils';
 
 import {
   checkAndDownloadBinaries,
@@ -52,9 +54,13 @@ jest.mock('fs/promises', () => {
   };
 });
 
-jest.mock('fs');
-jest.mock('yaml');
+jest.mock('node:fs/promises', () => jest.requireMock('fs/promises'));
+
+jest.mock('fs', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('fs'),
+}));
 jest.mock('os', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('os'),
   homedir: jest.fn().mockReturnValue('/home/user'),
 }));
 
@@ -121,7 +127,10 @@ const mockDownloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries = async (): Promise<
   const CACHE_DIR = getCacheDirectory();
 
   if (parsedArgs.command === 'cache clean') {
-    await fs.rm(CACHE_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await cleanInstallerCache({
+      cacheDirectory: CACHE_DIR,
+      namespace: 'foundryup',
+    });
     operations.push({ operation: 'cleanCache', details: { path: CACHE_DIR } });
     return operations;
   }
@@ -148,9 +157,12 @@ const mockDownloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries = async (): Promise<
   );
   const url = new URL(BIN_ARCHIVE_URL);
 
+  const cacheKey = 'mock-cache-key';
+  const cachePath = join(CACHE_DIR, 'foundryup', cacheKey);
+
   operations.push({
     operation: 'checkAndDownloadBinaries',
-    details: { url, binaries, cachePath: CACHE_DIR, platform, arch },
+    details: { url, binaries, cachePath, platform, arch },
   });
 
   operations.push({
@@ -158,7 +170,7 @@ const mockDownloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries = async (): Promise<
     details: {
       binaries,
       binDir: 'node_modules/.bin',
-      cachePath: CACHE_DIR,
+      cachePath,
     },
   });
 
@@ -167,20 +179,29 @@ const mockDownloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries = async (): Promise<
 
 describe('foundryup', () => {
   describe('getCacheDirectory', () => {
+    const originalCwd = process.cwd;
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      process.chdir(originalCwd());
+    });
+
     it('uses global cache when enabled in .yarnrc.yml', () => {
-      (parseYaml as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ enableGlobalCache: true });
-      (readFileSync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue('dummy yaml content');
+      const projectDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'foundryup-'));
+      process.chdir(projectDir);
+      writeFileSync(join(projectDir, '.yarnrc.yml'), 'enableGlobalCache: true\n');
 
-      const result = getCacheDirectory();
-      expect(result).toMatch(/\/(home|Users)\/.*\/\.cache\/metamask$/u);
+      expect(getCacheDirectory()).toMatch(/\.cache\/metamask$/u);
     });
 
     it('uses local cache when global cache is disabled', () => {
-      (parseYaml as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ enableGlobalCache: false });
-      (readFileSync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue('dummy yaml content');
+      const projectDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'foundryup-'));
+      process.chdir(projectDir);
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(projectDir, '.yarnrc.yml'),
+        'enableGlobalCache: false\n',
+      );
 
-      const result = getCacheDirectory();
-      expect(result).toContain('.metamask/cache');
+      expect(getCacheDirectory()).toContain('.metamask/cache');
     });
   });
 
@@ -398,7 +419,7 @@ describe('foundryup', () => {
       };
 
       (parseArgs as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(mockCleanArgs);
-      const rmSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, 'rm').mockResolvedValue();
+      const rmSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, 'rm').mockResolvedValue(undefined);
 
       const operations = await mockDownloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries();
 
@@ -411,7 +432,10 @@ describe('foundryup', () => {
           },
         },
       ]);
-      expect(rmSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(rmSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('foundryup'),
+        expect.objectContaining({ force: true, recursive: true }),
+      );
     });
 
     it('should handle errors gracefully', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/foundryup/src/index.ts b/packages/foundryup/src/index.ts
index 309c759275..21fb2b1d2c 100755
--- a/packages/foundryup/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/foundryup/src/index.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S node --require "./node_modules/tsx/dist/preflight.cjs" --import "./node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs"
 
+import {
+  cleanInstallerCache,
+  getMetamaskCacheDirectory,
+  isFileMissingError,
+} from '@metamask/local-node-utils';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import type { Dir } from 'node:fs';
 import {
   copyFile,
   mkdir,
   opendir,
-  rm,
   symlink,
   unlink,
 } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { dirname, join, relative } from 'node:path';
 import { cwd, exit } from 'node:process';
-import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml';
 
 import { extractFrom } from './extract';
 import { parseArgs, printBanner } from './options';
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ import {
   transformChecksums,
 } from './utils';
 
+const FOUNDRYUP_CACHE_NAMESPACE = 'foundryup';
+
 /**
  * Determines the cache directory based on the .yarnrc.yml configuration.
  * If global cache is enabled, returns a path in the user's home directory.
@@ -36,25 +39,10 @@ import {
  * @returns The path to the cache directory
  */
 export function getCacheDirectory(): string {
-  let enableGlobalCache = false;
-  try {
-    const configFileContent = readFileSync('.yarnrc.yml', 'utf8');
-    const parsedConfig = parseYaml(configFileContent);
-    enableGlobalCache = parsedConfig?.enableGlobalCache ?? false;
-  } catch (error) {
-    // If file doesn't exist or can't be read, default to local cache
-    if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT') {
-      return join(cwd(), '.metamask', 'cache');
-    }
-    // For other errors, log but continue with default
-    console.warn(
-      'Warning: Error reading .yarnrc.yml, using local cache:',
-      error,
-    );
-  }
-  return enableGlobalCache
-    ? join(homedir(), '.cache', 'metamask')
-    : join(cwd(), '.metamask', 'cache');
+  return getMetamaskCacheDirectory({
+    cwd: cwd(),
+    toolName: FOUNDRYUP_CACHE_NAMESPACE,
+  });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -104,7 +92,7 @@ export async function checkAndDownloadBinaries(
     say(`found binaries in cache`);
   } catch (e: unknown) {
     say(`binaries not in cache`);
-    if ((e as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT') {
+    if (isFileMissingError(e)) {
       say(`installing from ${url.toString()}`);
       // directory doesn't exist, download and extract
       const platformChecksums = transformChecksums(checksums, platform, arch);
@@ -176,7 +164,10 @@ export async function downloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries(): Promise<void> {
   const CACHE_DIR = getCacheDirectory();
 
   if (parsedArgs.command === 'cache clean') {
-    await rm(CACHE_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await cleanInstallerCache({
+      cacheDirectory: CACHE_DIR,
+      namespace: FOUNDRYUP_CACHE_NAMESPACE,
+    });
     say('done!');
     exit(0);
   }
@@ -207,7 +198,7 @@ export async function downloadAndInstallFoundryBinaries(): Promise<void> {
   const cacheKey = createHash('sha256')
     .update(`${BIN_ARCHIVE_URL}-${bins}`)
     .digest('hex');
-  const cachePath = join(CACHE_DIR, cacheKey);
+  const cachePath = join(CACHE_DIR, FOUNDRYUP_CACHE_NAMESPACE, cacheKey);
 
   const downloadedBinaries = await checkAndDownloadBinaries(
     url,
diff --git a/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.build.json
index 66e72c5769..9b7d28868f 100644
--- a/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     "outDir": "./dist",
     "rootDir": "./src"
   },
-  "references": [],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../local-node-utils/tsconfig.build.json" }],
   "include": ["../../types", "./types", "./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.json b/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.json
index 4ebb84c6cc..22eb20cc98 100644
--- a/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/foundryup/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "lib": ["ES2021", "DOM"]
   },
-  "references": [],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../local-node-utils/tsconfig.json" }],
   "include": ["../../types", "./types", "./src"]
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a1548e9386..f1262c02fe 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6953,6 +6953,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@metamask/foundryup@workspace:packages/foundryup"
   dependencies:
     "@metamask/auto-changelog": "npm:^6.1.0"
+    "@metamask/local-node-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@ts-bridge/cli": "npm:^0.6.4"
     "@types/jest": "npm:^29.5.14"
     "@types/unzipper": "npm:^0.10.10"
@@ -6968,7 +6969,6 @@ __metadata:
     typedoc-plugin-missing-exports: "npm:^2.0.0"
     typescript: "npm:~5.3.3"
     unzipper: "npm:^0.12.3"
-    yaml: "npm:^2.3.4"
     yargs: "npm:^17.7.2"
     yargs-parser: "npm:^21.1.1"
   bin:
@@ -7280,7 +7280,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@metamask/local-node-utils@workspace:packages/local-node-utils":
+"@metamask/local-node-utils@workspace:^, @metamask/local-node-utils@workspace:packages/local-node-utils":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@metamask/local-node-utils@workspace:packages/local-node-utils"
   dependencies: