diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-lions-breathe.md b/.changeset/tidy-lions-breathe.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..719363949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-lions-breathe.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@opennextjs/cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+fix: disable response compression when provisioning R2 cache buckets
+
+Avoid truncated compressed Cloudflare API responses causing R2 cache bucket provisioning to fail.
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.spec.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..938f3e0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { runWrangler } from "../commands/utils/run-wrangler.js";
+import { ensureR2Bucket } from "./ensure-r2-bucket.js";
+
+const { MockCloudflare, mockR2BucketsGet } = vi.hoisted(() => {
+	const mockR2BucketsGet = vi.fn();
+
+	class MockCloudflare {
+		static NotFoundError = class extends Error {};
+
+		accounts = { list: vi.fn(() => []) };
+
+		r2 = {
+			buckets: {
+				get: mockR2BucketsGet,
+				create: vi.fn(),
+			},
+		};
+	}
+
+	return { MockCloudflare: vi.fn(MockCloudflare), mockR2BucketsGet };
+});
+
+vi.mock("@opennextjs/aws/build/helper.js", () => ({
+	findPackagerAndRoot: vi.fn(() => ({ packager: "pnpm", root: "/tmp" })),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../commands/utils/run-wrangler.js", () => ({
+	runWrangler: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("cloudflare", () => ({
+	default: MockCloudflare,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./ask-account-selection.js", () => ({
+	askAccountSelection: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+describe("ensureR2Bucket", () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		vi.stubEnv("CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID", "test-account-id");
+		mockR2BucketsGet.mockResolvedValue({});
+	});
+
+	it("disables response compression when authenticating with a token", async () => {
+		vi.mocked(runWrangler).mockReturnValue({
+			success: true,
+			stdout: JSON.stringify({ type: "api_token", token: "test-token" }),
+			stderr: "",
+		});
+
+		await expect(ensureR2Bucket("/tmp/app", "test-bucket")).resolves.toEqual({
+			success: true,
+			bucketName: "test-bucket",
+		});
+		expect(MockCloudflare).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+			apiToken: "test-token",
+			defaultHeaders: { "Accept-Encoding": "identity" },
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("disables response compression when authenticating with an API key", async () => {
+		vi.mocked(runWrangler).mockReturnValue({
+			success: true,
+			stdout: JSON.stringify({ type: "api_key", key: "test-key", email: "test@example.com" }),
+			stderr: "",
+		});
+
+		await expect(ensureR2Bucket("/tmp/app", "test-bucket")).resolves.toEqual({
+			success: true,
+			bucketName: "test-bucket",
+		});
+		expect(MockCloudflare).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+			apiKey: "test-key",
+			apiEmail: "test@example.com",
+			defaultHeaders: { "Accept-Encoding": "identity" },
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.ts
index c7270a783..2911e8c67 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/utils/ensure-r2-bucket.ts
@@ -141,8 +141,15 @@ export async function ensureR2Bucket(
 
 		const client =
 			authCredentials.type === "api_key"
-				? new Cloudflare({ apiKey: authCredentials.apiKey, apiEmail: authCredentials.apiEmail })
-				: new Cloudflare({ apiToken: authCredentials.token });
+				? new Cloudflare({
+						apiKey: authCredentials.apiKey,
+						apiEmail: authCredentials.apiEmail,
+						defaultHeaders: { "Accept-Encoding": "identity" },
+					})
+				: new Cloudflare({
+						apiToken: authCredentials.token,
+						defaultHeaders: { "Accept-Encoding": "identity" },
+					});
 
 		const accountId = await getAccountId(client);
 		if (!accountId) {