diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-cows-camp.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-cows-camp.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1860c0eef93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-cows-camp.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: Include `workerd` in the external dependecies of Wrangler to fix local builds.
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/scripts/deps.ts b/packages/wrangler/scripts/deps.ts
index 4c6ed1409263..4211800737c8 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/scripts/deps.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/scripts/deps.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES = [
 	// unenv must be external because it contains unenv/runtime code which needs to be resolved
 	// and read when we are bundling the worker application
 	"unenv",
-	"workerd/worker.mjs",
+	"workerd",
 ];
 
 const pathToPackageJson = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "package.json");