diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/config/index.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/config/index.ts
index a3047ad23579..2a016ca1ba66 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/config/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export type {
 export function readConfig<CommandArgs>(
 	configPath: string | undefined,
 	// Include command specific args as well as the wrangler global flags
-	args: CommandArgs & Partial<OnlyCamelCase<CommonYargsOptions>>
+	args: CommandArgs &
+		Pick<OnlyCamelCase<CommonYargsOptions>, "experimentalJsonConfig">
 ): Config {
 	let rawConfig: RawConfig = {};
 	if (!configPath) {