diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-kings-retire.md b/.changeset/chilly-kings-retire.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bc17b51f8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-kings-retire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+"create-cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+Fix regression in C3's `next` template
+
+[#7676](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/pull/7676) switched C3 templates to default to `wrangler.json` instead of `wrangler.toml`. Unfortunately, this unintendedly broke the `next` template, which was still attempting to read `wrangler.toml` specifically. This commit fixes the regression.
+
+Fixes #7770
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/README.md b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/README.md
index e5ee722e50c3..dde930666b5e 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/README.md
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ In order to enable the example:
   // KV Example:
   ```
   and uncomment the commented lines below it (also uncomment the relevant imports).
-- Do the same in the `wrangler.toml` file, where
+- Do the same in the `wrangler.json` file, where
   the comment is:
   ```
-  # KV Example:
+  // KV Example:
   ```
 - If you're using TypeScript run the `cf-typegen` script to update the `env.d.ts` file:
   ```bash
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/c3.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/c3.ts
index 71cb7b480c68..9646ee68677c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/c3.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/c3.ts
@@ -26,27 +26,27 @@ const generate = async (ctx: C3Context) => {
 
 	await runFrameworkGenerator(ctx, [projectName]);
 
-	const wranglerToml = readFile(join(getTemplatePath(ctx), "wrangler.toml"));
+	const wranglerConfig = readFile(join(getTemplatePath(ctx), "wrangler.json"));
 
-	// Note: here we add `# KV Example:` to the toml file for the KV example, we don't actually
-	//       include the comment in the template wrangler.toml file just so to keep it identical
+	// Note: here we add `// KV Example:` to the config file for the KV example, we don't actually
+	//       include the comment in the template wrangler.json file just so to keep it identical
 	//       and consistent with that of all the other frameworks
 	//       (instead of making it a special case which needs extra care)
-	const newTomlContent = wranglerToml.replace(
-		/#\s+\[\[kv_namespaces\]\]\n#\s+binding\s+=\s+"MY_KV_NAMESPACE"\n#\s+id\s+=\s+"[a-zA-Z0-9]+?"/,
-		($1) => `# KV Example:\n${$1}`,
+	const newWranglerConfigContent = wranglerConfig.replace(
+		/\/\/\s+"kv_namespaces":\s+{\n\/\/\s+"binding":\s+"MY_KV_NAMESPACE",\n\/\/\s+"id":\s+"[a-zA-Z0-9]+?"\n\/\/\s+}/,
+		($1) => `// KV Example:\n${$1}`,
 	);
 
-	if (!/# KV Example/.test(newTomlContent)) {
+	if (!/\/\/ KV Example/.test(newWranglerConfigContent)) {
 		// This should never happen to users, it is a check mostly so that
-		// if the toml file is changed in a way that breaks the "KV Example" addition
+		// if the config file is changed in a way that breaks the "KV Example" addition
 		// the C3 Next.js e2e runs will fail with this
-		throw new Error("Failed to properly generate the wrangler.toml file");
+		throw new Error("Failed to properly generate the wrangler.json file");
 	}
 
-	writeFile(join(ctx.project.path, "wrangler.toml"), newTomlContent);
+	writeFile(join(ctx.project.path, "wrangler.json"), newWranglerConfigContent);
 
-	updateStatus("Created wrangler.toml file");
+	updateStatus("Created wrangler.json file");
 };
 
 const updateNextConfig = (usesTs: boolean) => {
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/wrangler.json b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/wrangler.json
index b89e79ec3a18..08439263a73f 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/wrangler.json
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/next/wrangler.json
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@
     "nodejs_compat"
   ],
   "pages_build_output_dir": ".vercel/output/static"
+
+	// Bind a KV Namespace. Use KV as persistent storage for small key-value pairs.
+	// Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/bindings/#kv-namespaces
+	//
+	// "kv_namespaces": {
+	//   "binding": "MY_KV_NAMESPACE",
+	// 	 "id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+	// }
 }