diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-clocks-share.md b/.changeset/nasty-clocks-share.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..341a770cc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-clocks-share.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"fuels": patch
+---
+
+chore: handling `EADDRNOTAVAIL` errors on top of `ECONNREFUSED`
diff --git a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/deploy/createWallet.ts b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/deploy/createWallet.ts
index 46f65108dff..112fea6a176 100644
--- a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/deploy/createWallet.ts
+++ b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/deploy/createWallet.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export async function createWallet(providerUrl: string, privateKey?: string) {
     return Wallet.fromPrivateKey(pvtKey, provider);
   } catch (e) {
     const error = e as Error & { cause?: { code: string } };
-
-    if (error.cause?.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+    if (/EADDRNOTAVAIL|ECONNREFUSED/.test(error.cause?.code ?? '')) {
       throw new FuelError(
         FuelError.CODES.CONNECTION_REFUSED,
         `Couldn't connect to the node at "${providerUrl}". Check that you've got a node running at the config's providerUrl or set autoStartFuelCore to true.`