diff --git a/docs/tasks/task-configuration.md b/docs/tasks/task-configuration.md
index 640f6840b67..b81b9807fa7 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/task-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/task-configuration.md
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ run = "echo my internal task"
 
 ### `confirm`
 
-- **Type**: `string` | `{ message: string, default: string }`
+- **Type**: `string` | `{ message: string, default?: string, yes?: string, no?: string }`
 
 A message to show before running the task. This is useful for tasks that are destructive or take a long
 time to run. The user is prompted to confirm before the task's own `run` command executes.
@@ -431,7 +431,16 @@ description = 'Cut a new release'
 file = 'scripts/release.sh'
 ```
 
-The confirm message supports Tera templates and can reference usage arguments:
+Use `yes` and `no` to customize the labels of the two answers when plain "Yes" / "No" doesn't fit.
+`default` is optional and defaults to `yes`. Piped answers (`echo y | mise run release`) still accept `y`/`n`.
+
+```mise-toml
+[tasks.deploy]
+confirm = { message = "Deploy to production?", yes = "Deploy", no = "Cancel", default = "no" }
+run = "deploy.sh"
+```
+
+The confirm message and the `yes`/`no` labels support Tera templates and can reference usage arguments:
 
 ```mise-toml
 [tasks.deploy]
diff --git a/schema/mise-task.json b/schema/mise-task.json
index a1fce8ed31c..350e539e4b9 100644
--- a/schema/mise-task.json
+++ b/schema/mise-task.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             {
-              "description": "confirmation message before running this task with default value",
+              "description": "confirmation message before running this task with optional default value and custom answer labels",
               "properties": {
                 "message": {
                   "description": "confirmation message before running this task",
@@ -77,9 +77,17 @@
                   "description": "default value for confirmation (yes/no/true/false)",
                   "enum": ["yes", "no", "y", "n", "true", "false"],
                   "type": "string"
+                },
+                "yes": {
+                  "description": "custom label for the affirmative answer",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "no": {
+                  "description": "custom label for the negative answer",
+                  "type": "string"
                 }
               },
-              "required": ["message", "default"],
+              "required": ["message"],
               "unevaluatedProperties": false,
               "type": "object"
             }
diff --git a/schema/mise.json b/schema/mise.json
index 89ae6fcde7f..401aa068cf6 100644
--- a/schema/mise.json
+++ b/schema/mise.json
@@ -5158,7 +5158,7 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             {
-              "description": "confirmation message before running this task with default value",
+              "description": "confirmation message before running this task with optional default value and custom answer labels",
               "properties": {
                 "message": {
                   "description": "confirmation message before running this task",
@@ -5168,9 +5168,17 @@
                   "description": "default value for confirmation (yes/no/true/false)",
                   "enum": ["yes", "no", "y", "n", "true", "false"],
                   "type": "string"
+                },
+                "yes": {
+                  "description": "custom label for the affirmative answer",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "no": {
+                  "description": "custom label for the negative answer",
+                  "type": "string"
                 }
               },
-              "required": ["message", "default"],
+              "required": ["message"],
               "unevaluatedProperties": false,
               "type": "object"
             }
diff --git a/src/config/config_file/mise_toml.rs b/src/config/config_file/mise_toml.rs
index eacda2e2a14..6499b5892e5 100644
--- a/src/config/config_file/mise_toml.rs
+++ b/src/config/config_file/mise_toml.rs
@@ -4395,6 +4395,29 @@ run = 'echo " $usage_environment"'
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_task_confirm_custom_labels_parse() {
+        let body = r#"
+[tasks.deploy]
+confirm = { message = "Deploy to prod?", yes = "Deploy", no = "Cancel" }
+run = 'echo deploy'
+"#;
+
+        let path = std::path::Path::new("/tmp/mise.toml");
+        let rf = MiseToml::from_str(body, path).unwrap();
+        let task = rf.tasks.0.get("deploy").expect("deploy task should exist");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            task.confirm,
+            Some(crate::task::TaskConfirm::Options {
+                message: "Deploy to prod?".to_string(),
+                default: None,
+                yes: Some("Deploy".to_string()),
+                no: Some("Cancel".to_string()),
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_task_templates_confirm_parses() {
         let body = r#"
diff --git a/src/task/task_confirm.rs b/src/task/task_confirm.rs
index e0912aaf38f..9551977e5b7 100644
--- a/src/task/task_confirm.rs
+++ b/src/task/task_confirm.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum TaskConfirm {
     Message(String),
-    Options { message: String, default: String },
+    Options {
+        message: String,
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        default: Option<String>,
+        /// Custom label for the affirmative answer (e.g. "Deploy")
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        yes: Option<String>,
+        /// Custom label for the negative answer (e.g. "Cancel")
+        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        no: Option<String>,
+    },
 }
 
 impl TaskConfirm {
@@ -18,7 +28,21 @@ impl TaskConfirm {
     pub(crate) fn default_value(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         match self {
             TaskConfirm::Message(_) => None,
-            TaskConfirm::Options { default, .. } => Some(default.as_str()),
+            TaskConfirm::Options { default, .. } => default.as_deref(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn yes_label(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        match self {
+            TaskConfirm::Message(_) => None,
+            TaskConfirm::Options { yes, .. } => yes.as_deref(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn no_label(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        match self {
+            TaskConfirm::Message(_) => None,
+            TaskConfirm::Options { no, .. } => no.as_deref(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -60,8 +84,40 @@ echo \"hello world\"
             task.confirm,
             Some(TaskConfirm::Options {
                 message: "Proceed?".to_string(),
-                default: "yes".to_string()
+                default: Some("yes".to_string()),
+                yes: None,
+                no: None,
             })
         );
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    async fn test_from_path_confirm_custom_labels() {
+        use std::fs;
+        use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+        let config = Config::get().await.unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let task_path = temp_dir.path().join("test_task");
+
+        fs::write(
+            &task_path,
+            r#"#!/bin/bash
+#MISE confirm={message="Deploy to prod?", yes="Deploy", no="Cancel"}
+echo \"hello world\"
+"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        fs::set_permissions(&task_path, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+
+        let task = Task::from_path(&config, &task_path, temp_dir.path(), temp_dir.path())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let confirm = task.confirm.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(confirm.message(), "Deploy to prod?");
+        assert_eq!(confirm.default_value(), None);
+        assert_eq!(confirm.yes_label(), Some("Deploy"));
+        assert_eq!(confirm.no_label(), Some("Cancel"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/task/task_executor.rs b/src/task/task_executor.rs
index 3a56ef308f3..f3484797920 100644
--- a/src/task/task_executor.rs
+++ b/src/task/task_executor.rs
@@ -1981,7 +1981,14 @@ impl TaskExecutor {
         if let Some(confirm) = &task.confirm
             && !Settings::get().yes
         {
-            let message = if contains_template_syntax(confirm.message()) {
+            let texts = [
+                Some(confirm.message()),
+                confirm.yes_label(),
+                confirm.no_label(),
+            ];
+            let mut rendered: Vec<Option<String>> =
+                texts.iter().map(|t| t.map(str::to_string)).collect();
+            if texts.iter().flatten().any(|t| contains_template_syntax(t)) {
                 let config_root = task.config_root.clone().unwrap_or_default();
                 let mut tera = crate::tera::get_tera(Some(&config_root));
                 let mut tera_ctx = task.tera_ctx_for_usage(config).await?;
@@ -1994,15 +2001,27 @@ impl TaskExecutor {
                     }
                 }
                 tera_ctx.insert("usage", &usage_ctx);
-                render_str(&mut tera, confirm.message(), &tera_ctx)?
-            } else {
-                confirm.message().to_string()
-            };
+                for (slot, text) in rendered.iter_mut().zip(texts) {
+                    if let Some(text) = text
+                        && contains_template_syntax(text)
+                    {
+                        *slot = Some(render_str(&mut tera, text, &tera_ctx)?);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let [message, yes_label, no_label]: [Option<String>; 3] =
+                rendered.try_into().expect("three confirm texts");
+            let message = message.unwrap_or_default();
             let default_yes = match confirm.default_value() {
                 Some(default) => Self::parse_confirm_default(default)?,
                 None => true, // keep backwards compatible default of yes if not specified
             };
-            match crate::ui::prompt::confirm_with_default(&message, default_yes) {
+            match crate::ui::prompt::confirm_with_labels(
+                &message,
+                default_yes,
+                yes_label.as_deref(),
+                no_label.as_deref(),
+            ) {
                 Ok(Confirmation::Yes) => {}
                 Ok(Confirmation::No) => return Err(eyre!("aborted by user")),
                 Ok(Confirmation::Unanswered) => {
diff --git a/src/ui/prompt.rs b/src/ui/prompt.rs
index b92e66cca63..20d25793e3b 100644
--- a/src/ui/prompt.rs
+++ b/src/ui/prompt.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ pub fn confirm<S: Into<String>>(message: S) -> eyre::Result<Confirmation> {
 pub fn confirm_with_default<S: Into<String>>(
     message: S,
     default_yes: bool,
+) -> eyre::Result<Confirmation> {
+    confirm_with_labels(message, default_yes, None, None)
+}
+
+/// Like [`confirm_with_default`], with optional custom labels for the two
+/// answers. Typed answers (`y`/`n`) are accepted regardless of the labels, so
+/// relabeling a prompt never breaks scripts that pipe an answer in.
+pub fn confirm_with_labels<S: Into<String>>(
+    message: S,
+    default_yes: bool,
+    yes_label: Option<&str>,
+    no_label: Option<&str>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<Confirmation> {
     let _lock = MUTEX.lock().unwrap(); // Prevent multiple prompts at once
     ctrlc::show_cursor_after_ctrl_c();
@@ -92,11 +104,17 @@ pub fn confirm_with_default<S: Into<String>>(
     // answer "yes" to every deletion. Read the line here instead, so that no
     // answer means no.
     if !std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
-        return read_confirm_from_stdin(&message, default_yes);
+        return read_confirm_from_stdin(&message, default_yes, yes_label, no_label);
     }
     let theme = get_theme();
-    let result = Confirm::new(message)
-        .selected(default_yes)
+    let mut confirm = Confirm::new(message).selected(default_yes);
+    if let Some(label) = yes_label {
+        confirm = confirm.affirmative(label);
+    }
+    if let Some(label) = no_label {
+        confirm = confirm.negative(label);
+    }
+    let result = confirm
         .theme(&theme)
         .run()
         .inspect_err(|_| restore_cursor())?;
@@ -110,9 +128,21 @@ pub fn confirm_with_default<S: Into<String>>(
 /// Prints `message` to stderr and reads a single answer from a non-terminal
 /// stdin, which is what makes `echo y | mise ...` work without letting an
 /// unanswered prompt (EOF) count as consent.
-fn read_confirm_from_stdin(message: &str, default_yes: bool) -> eyre::Result<Confirmation> {
+fn read_confirm_from_stdin(
+    message: &str,
+    default_yes: bool,
+    yes_label: Option<&str>,
+    no_label: Option<&str>,
+) -> eyre::Result<Confirmation> {
     let hint = if default_yes { "[Y/n]" } else { "[y/N]" };
-    safe_eprintln!("{message} {hint}");
+    match (yes_label, no_label) {
+        (None, None) => safe_eprintln!("{message} {hint}"),
+        _ => safe_eprintln!(
+            "{message} {hint} (y = {}, n = {})",
+            yes_label.unwrap_or("Yes"),
+            no_label.unwrap_or("No")
+        ),
+    }
     let mut line = String::new();
     let read = std::io::stdin().lock().read_line(&mut line)?;
     // A 0-byte read is EOF, which is the case `demand` cannot distinguish.