diff --git a/.changeset/cool-bugs-mix.md b/.changeset/cool-bugs-mix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b457caa383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cool-bugs-mix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-fuels": patch
+---
+
+feat: add `fuel-toolchain.toml` to `create fuels` template
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
index ae358f8817..fcc721073c 100644
--- a/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { versions } from '@fuel-ts/versions';
+import toml from '@iarna/toml';
 import { mkdirSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
@@ -52,6 +54,24 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
     expect(originalTemplateFiles.sort()).toEqual(testProjectFiles.sort());
   });
 
+  test('create-fuels checks the versions on the fuel-toolchain file', async () => {
+    const args = generateArgv(paths.root);
+
+    await runScaffoldCli({
+      program: setupProgram(),
+      args,
+    });
+
+    const fuelToolchainPath = join(paths.root, 'sway-programs', 'fuel-toolchain.toml');
+    const fuelToolchain = readFileSync(fuelToolchainPath, 'utf-8');
+    const parsedFuelToolchain = toml.parse(fuelToolchain);
+
+    const { toolchain, components } = parsedFuelToolchain;
+
+    expect(toolchain).toEqual({ channel: 'testnet' });
+    expect(components).toEqual({ forc: versions.FORC, 'fuel-core': versions.FUEL_CORE });
+  });
+
   test('should rewrite for the appropriate package manager', async () => {
     const args = generateArgv(paths.root, 'bun');
 
diff --git a/templates/nextjs/sway-programs/fuel-toolchain.toml b/templates/nextjs/sway-programs/fuel-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e670af0afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/nextjs/sway-programs/fuel-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "testnet"
+
+[components]
+forc = "0.60.0"
+fuel-core = "0.30.0"
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