diff --git a/.changeset/serious-seals-sneeze.md b/.changeset/serious-seals-sneeze.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ccabc4b0558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-seals-sneeze.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: throw helpful error if email validation required
+
+Previously, Wrangler would display the raw API error message and code if email validation was required during `wrangler deploy`. This change ensures a helpful error message is displayed instead, prompting users to check their emails or visit the dashboard for a verification link.
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
index 96ea6d9599f8..6d3c68d30d7e 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
@@ -4046,6 +4046,40 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {});`
 			expect(std.err).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`""`);
 		});
 
+		it("should fail to deploy to the workers.dev domain if email is unverified", async () => {
+			writeWranglerToml({ workers_dev: true });
+			writeWorkerSource();
+			mockUploadWorkerRequest({ available_on_subdomain: false });
+			mockSubDomainRequest();
+			msw.use(
+				rest.post(
+					`*/accounts/:accountId/workers/scripts/:scriptName/subdomain`,
+					async (req, res, ctx) => {
+						return res.once(
+							ctx.json(
+								createFetchResult(null, /* success */ false, [
+									{
+										code: 10034,
+										message: "workers.api.error.email_verification_required",
+									},
+								])
+							)
+						);
+					}
+				)
+			);
+
+			await expect(runWrangler("deploy ./index")).rejects.toMatchObject({
+				text: "Please verify your account's email address and try again.",
+				notes: [
+					{
+						text: "Check your email for a verification link, or login to https://dash.cloudflare.com and request a new one.",
+					},
+					{},
+				],
+			});
+		});
+
 		it("should offer to create a new workers.dev subdomain when publishing to workers_dev without one", async () => {
 			writeWranglerToml({
 				workers_dev: true,
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/errors.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2cc72f7432b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { ParseError } from "../parse";
+
+export interface FetchError {
+	code: number;
+	message: string;
+	error_chain?: FetchError[];
+}
+
+function buildDetailedError(message: string, ...extra: string[]) {
+	return new ParseError({
+		text: message,
+		notes: extra.map((text) => ({ text })),
+	});
+}
+
+export function maybeThrowFriendlyError(error: FetchError) {
+	if (error.message === "workers.api.error.email_verification_required") {
+		throw buildDetailedError(
+			"Please verify your account's email address and try again.",
+			"Check your email for a verification link, or login to https://dash.cloudflare.com and request a new one."
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/index.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/index.ts
index 3e6d7e63c95f..891e23eb5ef4 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/cfetch/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import { URLSearchParams } from "node:url";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
 import { ParseError } from "../parse";
+import { maybeThrowFriendlyError } from "./errors";
 import { fetchInternal, performApiFetch } from "./internal";
+import type { FetchError } from "./errors";
 import type { RequestInit } from "undici";
 
 // Check out https://api.cloudflare.com/ for API docs.
 
-export interface FetchError {
-	code: number;
-	message: string;
-	error_chain?: FetchError[];
-}
+export type { FetchError };
 export interface FetchResult<ResponseType = unknown> {
 	success: boolean;
 	result: ResponseType;
@@ -164,6 +162,8 @@ function throwFetchError(
 	resource: string,
 	response: FetchResult<unknown>
 ): never {
+	for (const error of response.errors) maybeThrowFriendlyError(error);
+
 	const error = new ParseError({
 		text: `A request to the Cloudflare API (${resource}) failed.`,
 		notes: [