# Replacing YOLO 11 backbone with ResNet 50

**URL:** <https://community.ultralytics.com/t/replacing-yolo-11-backbone-with-resnet-50/1152>\
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**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/replacing-yolo-11-backbone-with-resnet-50/1152 "2025-06-17T16:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Naufal\_dzakwan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/naufal_dzakwan/32/784_2.png) [@Naufal\_dzakwan](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/Naufal_dzakwan)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/replacing-yolo-11-backbone-with-resnet-50/1152/1 "2025-06-17T16:58:09Z")

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Hi, I am interested and curious about replacing the YOLO v11 backbone with ResNet 50. Is there anyone who can show me how to do it?

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**Author:** ![Toxite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/toxite/32/123_2.png) [@Toxite](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/Toxite)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/replacing-yolo-11-backbone-with-resnet-50/1152/2 "2025-06-18T10:49:31Z")

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There’s a YAML for YOLO11 with ResNet101:

> <https://github.com/Y-T-G/community/blob/main/cfg/detect/resnet101.yaml>

You need to do something similar.