diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-balloons-report.md b/.changeset/lazy-balloons-report.md
index 72a7a133..9c6bbd6c 100644
--- a/.changeset/lazy-balloons-report.md
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-balloons-report.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 "@opennextjs/cloudflare": patch
 ---
 
-check and create a `wrangler.jsonc` file for the user in case a `wrangler.(toml|json|jsonc)` file is not already present
+check and create a `wrangler.json` file for the user in case a `wrangler.(toml|json|jsonc)` file is not already present
 
 also introduce a new `--skipWranglerConfigCheck` cli flag and a `SKIP_WRANGLER_CONFIG_CHECK`
 environment variable that allows users to opt out of the above check (since developers might
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/index.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/index.ts
index ee169dc0..6d96aa49 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/index.ts
@@ -184,11 +184,16 @@ function ensureCloudflareConfig(config: OpenNextConfig) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates a `wrangler.jsonc` file for the user if a wrangler config file doesn't already exist,
+ * Creates a `wrangler.json` file for the user if a wrangler config file doesn't already exist,
  * but only after asking for the user's confirmation.
  *
  * If the user refuses a warning is shown (which offers ways to opt out of this check to the user).
  *
+ * Note: we generate a wrangler.json file with comments instead of using the jsonc extension,
+ *       we decided to do that since json is more common than jsonc, wrangler also parses
+ *       them in the same way and we also expect developers to associate `wrangler.json`
+ *       files to the jsonc language
+ *
  * @param projectOpts The options for the project
  */
 async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOptions): Promise<void> {
@@ -201,8 +206,6 @@ async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOptions): P
     return;
   }
 
-  const wranglerConfigPath = join(projectOpts.sourceDir, "wrangler.jsonc");
-
   const answer = await askConfirmation(
     "No `wrangler.(toml|json|jsonc)` config file found, do you want to create one?"
   );
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOptions): P
     );
   }
 
-  writeFileSync(wranglerConfigPath, wranglerConfigContent);
+  writeFileSync(join(projectOpts.sourceDir, "wrangler.json"), wranglerConfigContent);
 }
 
 function getAppNameFromPackageJson(sourceDir: string): string | undefined {