diff --git a/.changeset/tough-poets-deliver.md b/.changeset/tough-poets-deliver.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7b5d0da71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tough-poets-deliver.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"create-cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+c3: use latest dependencies for hello-world templates
+
+When generating a plain hello world worker, we're picking up older versions of vitest/pool-workers. this updates the package.jsons to pick up newer versions instead. Ideally we should automate this, but we can do that later. I also updated the wrangler deps to the current version so it's clearer for developers what they're using (still not accurate, but better than showing 3.0.0). Again, this should be automated, but we can do that later.
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/js/package.json
index aa736f89c5..3fc59ce287 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/js/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"itty-router": "^3.0.12",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/ts/package.json
index b89ca013f8..da18d8483f 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/common/ts/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"itty-router": "^3.0.12",
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/js/package.json
index 717bd9e05a..dae933856c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/js/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		"start": "wrangler dev"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/ts/package.json
index 37564fc5ef..c9fa568f92 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-durable-object/ts/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-python/py/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-python/py/package.json
index 717bd9e05a..dae933856c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-python/py/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world-python/py/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		"start": "wrangler dev"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/js/package.json
index bce2bec215..83655091a0 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/js/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 		"test": "vitest"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0",
-		"vitest": "1.3.0",
-		"@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers": "^0.1.0"
+		"@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers": "^0.4.5",
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3",
+		"vitest": "1.5.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/ts/package.json
index e9e98db172..fe1e1a41f3 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/ts/package.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 		"cf-typegen": "wrangler types"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
+		"@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers": "^0.4.5",
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0",
-		"vitest": "1.3.0",
-		"@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers": "^0.1.0"
+		"vitest": "1.5.0",
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/openapi/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/openapi/ts/package.json
index 2883ff6489..662ac025a7 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/openapi/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/openapi/ts/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/node": "20.8.3",
 		"@types/service-worker-mock": "^2.0.1",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/pre-existing/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/pre-existing/js/package.json
index 717bd9e05a..dae933856c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/pre-existing/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/pre-existing/js/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		"start": "wrangler dev"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/js/package.json
index 717bd9e05a..dae933856c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/js/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		"start": "wrangler dev"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/ts/package.json
index 37564fc5ef..c9fa568f92 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/queues/ts/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/js/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/js/package.json
index e7f74854e7..f07edf0702 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/js/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		"start": "wrangler dev --test-scheduled"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/ts/package.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/ts/package.json
index 1b9da1cd24..42632be803 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/scheduled/ts/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
-		"wrangler": "^3.0.0"
+		"wrangler": "^3.60.3"
 	}
 }