diff --git a/.changeset/thin-items-turn.md b/.changeset/thin-items-turn.md
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index 000000000000..0584b0a2aa9d
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+++ b/.changeset/thin-items-turn.md
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+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+test patch bump backporting
diff --git a/.github/workflows/open-v3-maintenance-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/open-v3-maintenance-prs.yml
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index 000000000000..cea05a329556
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+++ b/.github/workflows/open-v3-maintenance-prs.yml
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+name: v3 Maintenance
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  open-pr:
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'cloudflare' }}
+    name: Open backport PR for patches
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency:
+      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-dependencies
+
+      - uses: Ana06/get-changed-files@v1.2
+        id: files
+        with:
+          format: "json"
+
+      - run: node -r esbuild-register tools/deployments/open-v3-pr.ts
+        env:
+          FILES: ${{ steps.files.outputs.all }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/tools/deployments/open-v3-pr.ts b/tools/deployments/open-v3-pr.ts
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index 000000000000..0e29f35cbe3a
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+++ b/tools/deployments/open-v3-pr.ts
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+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import parseChangeset from "@changesets/parse";
+
+/* eslint-disable turbo/no-undeclared-env-vars */
+if (require.main === module) {
+	if (isWranglerPatch(process.env.FILES as string)) {
+		// Create a new branch for the v3 maintenance PR
+		execSync(`git checkout -b v3-maintenance-${process.env.PR_NUMBER} -f`);
+
+		execSync(`git push origin HEAD --force`);
+
+		execSync(
+			`gh pr create --head v3-maintenance-${process.env.PR_NUMBER} --label "skip-pr-description-validation" --title "Backport #${process.env.PR_NUMBER} to Wrangler v3" --body "This is an automatically opened PR to backport patch changes from #${process.env.PR_NUMBER} to Wrangler v3"`
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+export function isWranglerPatch(changedFilesJson: string) {
+	const changedFiles = JSON.parse(changedFilesJson) as string[];
+	const changesets = changedFiles
+		.filter((f) => f.startsWith(".changeset/"))
+		.map((c) => parseChangeset(readFileSync(c, "utf8")));
+
+	let hasWranglerPatch = false;
+	for (const changeset of changesets) {
+		for (const release of changeset.releases) {
+			if (release.name === "wrangler" && release.type === "patch") {
+				hasWranglerPatch = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return hasWranglerPatch;
+}