diff --git a/.changeset/surface-wrangler-errors.md b/.changeset/surface-wrangler-errors.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09c73e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/surface-wrangler-errors.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler-action": patch
+---
+
+Surface wrangler error messages in the action step output instead of showing only a generic failure message.
diff --git a/src/wranglerAction.ts b/src/wranglerAction.ts
index 92e0804f..faf67c4c 100644
--- a/src/wranglerAction.ts
+++ b/src/wranglerAction.ts
@@ -393,7 +393,18 @@ async function wranglerCommands(
 			};
 
 			// Execute the wrangler command
-			await exec(`${packageManager.exec} wrangler ${command}`, args, options);
+			try {
+				await exec(
+					`${packageManager.exec} wrangler ${command}`,
+					args,
+					options,
+				);
+			} catch (err: unknown) {
+				if (stdErr) {
+					error(config, stdErr);
+				}
+				throw err;
+			}
 
 			// Set the outputs for the command
 			setOutput("command-output", stdOut);