diff --git a/.changeset/proud-apes-explain.md b/.changeset/proud-apes-explain.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6ef77caeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-apes-explain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/cli": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where deploys were warning about mismatched bytecode when the bytecode was correct and what we expect.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/README.md b/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/README.md
index beb5c9f8bf..6e56503779 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/README.md
+++ b/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git checkout b3bb19c
 npm install
 npm run build
 cd output
-jq --arg bc "$(cat bytecode.txt)" '. + {bytecode: $bc}' deployment.json > deployment-with-bytecode.json
-mv deployment-with-bytecode.json deployment.json
+jq --arg bc "$(cat bytecode.txt)" '. + {creationCode: $bc}' deployment.json > deployment-with-creationCode.json
+mv deployment-with-creationCode.json deployment.json
 cp deployment.json ../path/to/this/dir
 ```
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/deployment.json b/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/deployment.json
index 21d97ff780..bd070c9be4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/deployment.json
+++ b/packages/cli/src/deploy/create2/deployment.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   "signerAddress": "3fab184622dc19b6109349b94811493bf2a45362",
   "transaction": "f8a58085174876e800830186a08080b853604580600e600039806000f350fe7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf31ba02222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222a02222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222",
   "address": "4e59b44847b379578588920ca78fbf26c0b4956c",
-  "bytecode": "604580600e600039806000f350fe7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf3"
+  "creationCode": "604580600e600039806000f350fe7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf3"
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/deploy/ensureDeployer.ts b/packages/cli/src/deploy/ensureDeployer.ts
index 92c7c136b0..86f59ccd18 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/deploy/ensureDeployer.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/deploy/ensureDeployer.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import { Account, Address, Chain, Client, Transport } from "viem";
+import { Account, Address, Chain, Client, Transport, sliceHex } from "viem";
 import { getBalance, getBytecode, sendRawTransaction, sendTransaction, waitForTransactionReceipt } from "viem/actions";
 import deployment from "./create2/deployment.json";
 import { debug } from "./debug";
 
 const deployer = `0x${deployment.address}` as const;
-const deployerBytecode = `0x${deployment.bytecode}` as const;
 
 export async function ensureDeployer(client: Client<Transport, Chain | undefined, Account>): Promise<Address> {
   const bytecode = await getBytecode(client, { address: deployer });
   if (bytecode) {
     debug("found CREATE2 deployer at", deployer);
-    if (bytecode !== deployerBytecode) {
+    // check if deployed bytecode is the same as the expected bytecode (minus 14-bytes creation code prefix)
+    if (bytecode !== sliceHex(`0x${deployment.creationCode}`, 14)) {
       console.warn(
         `\n  ⚠️ Bytecode for deployer at ${deployer} did not match the expected CREATE2 bytecode. You may have unexpected results.\n`,
       );
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export async function ensureDeployer(client: Client<Transport, Chain | undefined
         debug("deploying CREATE2 deployer");
         return sendTransaction(client, {
           chain: client.chain ?? null,
-          data: deployerBytecode,
+          data: `0x${deployment.creationCode}`,
         });
       }
       throw error;