diff --git a/packages/cli/src/pywrangler/utils.py b/packages/cli/src/pywrangler/utils.py
index 7a923aa9..e6cf9c7a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/pywrangler/utils.py
+++ b/packages/cli/src/pywrangler/utils.py
@@ -262,17 +262,21 @@ def check_wrangler_version() -> None:
         click.exceptions.Exit: If wrangler is not installed or version is too old.
     """
     result = run_command(
-        ["npx", "--yes", "wrangler", "--version"], capture_output=True, check=False
+        ["npx", "--yes", "--silent", "wrangler", "--version"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
     )
     if result.returncode != 0:
         logger.error("Failed to get wrangler version. Is wrangler installed?")
         logger.error("Install wrangler with: npm install wrangler@latest")
         raise click.exceptions.Exit(code=1)
 
-    # Parse version from output like "wrangler 4.42.1" or " ⛅️ wrangler 4.42.1"
+    # Parse version from output like "wrangler 4.42.1" or " ⛅️ wrangler 4.42.1" or "4.42.1"
     version_line = result.stdout.strip()
     # Extract version number using regex
-    version_match = re.search(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)", version_line)
+    version_match = re.search(
+        r"wrangler\s+v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)", version_line
+    ) or re.search(r"^\s*v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\s*$", version_line, re.MULTILINE)
 
     if not version_match:
         logger.error(f"Could not parse wrangler version from: {version_line}")
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/test_cli.py b/packages/cli/tests/test_cli.py
index 2bb62986..ef5e7cb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -885,10 +885,38 @@ def test_check_wrangler_version_sufficient(mock_run_command):
 
     # Verify the command was called correctly
     mock_run_command.assert_called_once_with(
-        ["npx", "--yes", "wrangler", "--version"], capture_output=True, check=False
+        ["npx", "--yes", "--silent", "wrangler", "--version"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "stdout",
+    [
+        "4.148.0",
+        "\n ⛅️ wrangler 4.148.0\n────────────────────\n",
+        # npm might print notices before the version
+        # https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-py/issues/290
+        "npm notice run my-project@0.0.0 npx\nnpm notice run 'wrangler' --version\n"
+        "\n ⛅️ wrangler 4.148.0\n────────────────────\n",
+        "npm notice run my-project@0.0.0 npx\nnpm notice run 'wrangler' --version\n"
+        "4.148.0\n",
+    ],
+)
+@patch("pywrangler.utils.run_command")
+def test_check_wrangler_version_ignores_npm_notices(mock_run_command, stdout):
+    """Regression test for cloudflare/workers-py#290."""
+    from pywrangler.utils import check_wrangler_version
+
+    mock_result = Mock()
+    mock_result.returncode = 0
+    mock_result.stdout = stdout
+    mock_run_command.return_value = mock_result
+
+    check_wrangler_version()
+
+
 @patch("pywrangler.utils.run_command")
 def test_check_wrangler_version_insufficient(mock_run_command):
     """Test that check_wrangler_version fails with insufficient version."""