diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
index b217a953c173..cadc48d3b3f6 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export async function unstable_dev(
 		...options,
 		logLevel: options?.logLevel ?? defaultLogLevel,
 		port: options?.port ?? 0,
-		experimentalProvision: undefined,
+		experimentalProvision: false,
 		experimentalVersions: undefined,
 		experimentalDevEnv: undefined,
 		experimentalRegistry: fileBasedRegistry,
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/deploy/index.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/deploy/index.ts
index 11e1b4a5933f..f45c1c82984a 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/deploy/index.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export async function deployHandler(args: DeployArgs) {
 	await run(
 		{
 			FILE_BASED_REGISTRY: false,
-			RESOURCES_PROVISION: args.experimentalProvision ?? false,
+			RESOURCES_PROVISION: args.experimentalProvision,
 		},
 		() => deployWorker(args)
 	);
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/index.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/index.ts
index 93f1145804ee..e8604d2b2000 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/index.ts
@@ -263,8 +263,9 @@ export function createCLIParser(argv: string[]) {
 			return true;
 		})
 		.option("experimental-provision", {
-			describe: `Automatic resources provision`,
+			describe: `Experimental: Enable automatic resource provisioning`,
 			type: "boolean",
+			default: false,
 			hidden: true,
 			alias: ["x-provision"],
 		})
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/yargs-types.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/yargs-types.ts
index 9397389323c7..c66fac600d21 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/yargs-types.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/yargs-types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface CommonYargsOptions {
 	config: string | undefined;
 	env: string | undefined;
 	"experimental-versions": boolean | undefined;
-	"experimental-provision": boolean | undefined;
+	"experimental-provision": boolean;
 }
 
 /**