diff --git a/.changeset/tough-poets-deliver.md b/.changeset/tough-poets-deliver.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7b5d0da712b
--- /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 aa736f89c569..3fc59ce287d8 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 b89ca013f835..da18d8483f78 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 717bd9e05a9e..dae933856c82 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 37564fc5efbd..c9fa568f92a9 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 717bd9e05a9e..dae933856c82 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 bce2bec2152c..83655091a079 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 e9e98db172fd..fe1e1a41f3b2 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 2883ff648968..662ac025a73e 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 717bd9e05a9e..dae933856c82 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 717bd9e05a9e..dae933856c82 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 37564fc5efbd..c9fa568f92a9 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 e7f74854e783..f07edf07029b 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 1b9da1cd24ab..42632be80375 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"
 	}
 }