diff --git a/.changeset/sour-scissors-teach.md b/.changeset/sour-scissors-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e08cefbdf203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-scissors-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+Bump Nuxt C3 template to Node 18
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates-experimental/nuxt/c3.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates-experimental/nuxt/c3.ts
index f2e90e989ea6..52dca65d45b7 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates-experimental/nuxt/c3.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates-experimental/nuxt/c3.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const generate = async (ctx: C3Context) => {
 		gitFlag,
 	]);
 
-	writeFile("./.node-version", "17");
+	writeFile("./.node-version", "18");
 
 	logRaw(""); // newline
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/nuxt/c3.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/nuxt/c3.ts
index ca9780993cb3..8c90f7c6a1a0 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/nuxt/c3.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/nuxt/c3.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const generate = async (ctx: C3Context) => {
 		gitFlag,
 	]);
 
-	writeFile("./.node-version", "17");
+	writeFile("./.node-version", "18");
 
 	logRaw(""); // newline
 };