diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
index debe1a8aaea22..79b3463341e89 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
@@ -513,13 +513,13 @@ export function kill(proc: ChildProcess) {
 
 export function packWrangler(): string {
 	const pathToWrangler = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../wrangler");
-	execSync("pnpm pack --pack-destination ./.pack", { cwd: pathToWrangler });
+	execSync("pnpm pack --pack-destination ./pack", { cwd: pathToWrangler });
 
-	const versions = execSync("ls -1 .pack", {
+	const versions = execSync("ls -1 pack", {
 		encoding: "utf-8",
 		cwd: pathToWrangler,
 	});
 	const wranglerVersion = versions.trim().split("\n").at(-1); // get last wrangler version
 	assert(wranglerVersion);
-	return path.join(pathToWrangler, ".pack", wranglerVersion);
+	return path.join(pathToWrangler, "pack", wranglerVersion);
 }