diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/hadoop/yarn.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/hadoop/yarn.nix
index cae6d9c1ad4f..2072171262bb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/hadoop/yarn.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/hadoop/yarn.nix
@@ -196,14 +196,18 @@ in
             "yarn.nodemanager.resource.cpu-vcores" = resource.cpuVCores;
             "yarn.nodemanager.resource.memory-mb" = resource.memoryMB;
           })
-          (lib.mkIf useCGroups {
+          (lib.mkIf useCGroups ( lib.warnIf (lib.versionOlder cfg.package.version "3.5.0") ''
+            hadoop < 3.5.0 does not support cgroup v2
+            setting `services.hadoop.yarn.nodemanager.useCGroups = false` is recommended
+            see: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YARN-11669
+          '' {
             "yarn.nodemanager.linux-container-executor.cgroups.hierarchy" = "/hadoop-yarn";
             "yarn.nodemanager.linux-container-executor.resources-handler.class" =
               "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.util.CgroupsLCEResourcesHandler";
             "yarn.nodemanager.linux-container-executor.cgroups.mount" = "true";
             "yarn.nodemanager.linux-container-executor.cgroups.mount-path" =
               "/run/wrappers/yarn-nodemanager/cgroup";
-          })
+          }))
         ];
 
       networking.firewall.allowedTCPPortRanges = [
diff --git a/nixos/tests/hadoop/hadoop.nix b/nixos/tests/hadoop/hadoop.nix
index e4db1953d369..3f2b41bbd2c8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/hadoop/hadoop.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/hadoop/hadoop.nix
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
               yarn.nodemanager = {
                 enable = true;
                 openFirewall = true;
+                useCGroups = false;
               };
             };
           };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/hadoop/yarn.nix b/nixos/tests/hadoop/yarn.nix
index c1a03e7ec7bd..3c3db2d52a95 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/hadoop/yarn.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/hadoop/yarn.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
             yarn.nodemanager = {
               enable = true;
               openFirewall = true;
+              useCGroups = false;
             };
             yarnSite = {
               "yarn.resourcemanager.hostname" = "resourcemanager";