diff --git a/coderd/templateversions.go b/coderd/templateversions.go
index 509274dc25..55e2838d08 100644
--- a/coderd/templateversions.go
+++ b/coderd/templateversions.go
@@ -1814,13 +1814,22 @@ func (api *API) dynamicTemplateVersionTags(ctx context.Context, rw http.Response
 		tfVarValues[variable.Name] = cty.StringVal(variable.Value)
 	}
 
-	output, diags := preview.Preview(ctx, preview.Input{
+	input := preview.Input{
 		PlanJSON:        nil, // Template versions are before `terraform plan`
 		ParameterValues: nil, // No user-specified parameters
 		Owner:           *ownerData,
 		Logger:          stdslog.New(stdslog.DiscardHandler),
 		TFVars:          tfVarValues,
-	}, files)
+	}
+	output, diags := preview.Preview(ctx, input, files)
+	if output != nil {
+		// ValidatePrebuilds iterates through the presets and validate their values. This
+		// ensures the prebuild can actually succeed in a workspace build. The failure
+		// diagnostics are added to the existing presets, and checked by
+		// 'dynamicparameters.CheckPresets'
+		preview.ValidatePrebuilds(ctx, input, output.Presets, files)
+	}
+
 	tagErr := dynamicparameters.CheckTags(output, diags)
 	if tagErr != nil {
 		code, resp := tagErr.Response()
diff --git a/coderd/templateversions_test.go b/coderd/templateversions_test.go
index cf8ae4cb76..99c32c0d5c 100644
--- a/coderd/templateversions_test.go
+++ b/coderd/templateversions_test.go
@@ -700,6 +700,39 @@ func TestPostTemplateVersionsByOrganization(t *testing.T) {
 						}
 					`,
 				},
+				expectError: "", // Presets are not validated unless they are for a prebuild
+			},
+			{
+				name: "invalid prebuild",
+				files: map[string]string{
+					`main.tf`: `
+						terraform {
+							required_providers {
+								coder = {
+									source = "coder/coder"
+									version = "2.8.0"
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						data "coder_parameter" "valid_parameter" {
+							name = "valid_parameter_name"
+							default = "valid_option_value"
+							option {
+								name = "valid_option_name"
+								value = "valid_option_value"
+							}
+						}
+						data "coder_workspace_preset" "invalid_parameter_name" {
+							name = "invalid_parameter_name"
+							parameters = {
+								"invalid_parameter_name" = "irrelevant_value"
+							}
+							prebuilds {
+								instances = 2
+							}
+						}
+					`,
+				},
 				expectError: "Undefined Parameter",
 			},
 		} {
@@ -742,6 +775,123 @@ func TestPostTemplateVersionsByOrganization(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestTemplateVersionPresetValidation validates that presets with prebuilds
+// are validated dynamically. A preset that enables a conditional parameter
+// but doesn't provide the required value for the newly-visible parameter
+// should fail validation during template version import.
+//
+// Scenario:
+// - Parameter A (use_custom_image): defaults to false
+// - Parameter B (custom_image_url): only exists when A is true, has no default
+// - Preset with prebuilds enables A but doesn't provide B
+//
+// Static validation passes because B doesn't exist when evaluated with default
+// values. ValidatePrebuilds catches this by evaluating with the preset's
+// parameter values.
+func TestTemplateVersionPresetValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	store, ps := dbtestutil.NewDB(t)
+	client := coderdtest.New(t, &coderdtest.Options{
+		Database: store,
+		Pubsub:   ps,
+	})
+	owner := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
+	templateAdmin, _ := coderdtest.CreateAnotherUser(t, client, owner.OrganizationID, rbac.RoleTemplateAdmin())
+
+	ctx := testutil.Context(t, testutil.WaitShort)
+
+	tf := func(valid bool, prebuildCount int) string {
+		customImageURL := ""
+		if valid {
+			customImageURL = `custom_image_url = "ghcr.io/coder/example:latest"`
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`
+		terraform {
+		  required_providers {
+			coder = {
+			  source = "coder/coder"
+			  version = "2.8.0"
+			}
+		  }
+		}
+
+		data "coder_parameter" "use_custom_image" {
+		  name    = "use_custom_image"
+		  type    = "bool"
+		  default = "false"
+		}
+
+		data "coder_parameter" "custom_image_url" {
+		  count   = data.coder_parameter.use_custom_image.value == "true" ? 1 : 0
+		  name    = "custom_image_url"
+		  type    = "string"
+		  # No default - required when shown
+		}
+
+		data "coder_workspace_preset" "invalid" {
+		  name = "Invalid Preset"
+		  parameters = {
+			"use_custom_image" = "true"
+			%s
+		  }
+		  prebuilds {
+			instances = %d
+		  }
+		}
+		`, customImageURL, prebuildCount)
+	}
+
+	tarFile := testutil.CreateTar(t, map[string]string{
+		`main.tf`: tf(false, 1),
+	})
+
+	fi, err := templateAdmin.Upload(ctx, "application/x-tar", bytes.NewReader(tarFile))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = templateAdmin.CreateTemplateVersion(ctx, owner.OrganizationID, codersdk.CreateTemplateVersionRequest{
+		Name:          testutil.GetRandomNameHyphenated(t),
+		StorageMethod: codersdk.ProvisionerStorageMethodFile,
+		Provisioner:   codersdk.ProvisionerTypeTerraform,
+		FileID:        fi.ID,
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "Parameter custom_image_url: Required parameter not provided; parameter value is null")
+
+	// If the preset is not a prebuild, validation should pass. As presets can
+	// be partially applied, we test with a prebuild count of 0.
+	tarFile = testutil.CreateTar(t, map[string]string{
+		`main.tf`: tf(false, 0),
+	})
+
+	fi, err = templateAdmin.Upload(ctx, "application/x-tar", bytes.NewReader(tarFile))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = templateAdmin.CreateTemplateVersion(ctx, owner.OrganizationID, codersdk.CreateTemplateVersionRequest{
+		Name:          testutil.GetRandomNameHyphenated(t),
+		StorageMethod: codersdk.ProvisionerStorageMethodFile,
+		Provisioner:   codersdk.ProvisionerTypeTerraform,
+		FileID:        fi.ID,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The valid preset should pass
+	tarFile = testutil.CreateTar(t, map[string]string{
+		`main.tf`: tf(true, 1),
+	})
+
+	fi, err = templateAdmin.Upload(ctx, "application/x-tar", bytes.NewReader(tarFile))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = templateAdmin.CreateTemplateVersion(ctx, owner.OrganizationID, codersdk.CreateTemplateVersionRequest{
+		Name:          testutil.GetRandomNameHyphenated(t),
+		StorageMethod: codersdk.ProvisionerStorageMethodFile,
+		Provisioner:   codersdk.ProvisionerTypeTerraform,
+		FileID:        fi.ID,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestPatchCancelTemplateVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	t.Run("AlreadyCompleted", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62214036b0..258b2e6774 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/coder/aibridge v1.0.7
 	github.com/coder/aisdk-go v0.0.9
 	github.com/coder/boundary v0.8.3
-	github.com/coder/preview v1.0.4
+	github.com/coder/preview v1.0.7
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.3
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 006a1eed97..642658f4ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ github.com/coder/pq v1.10.5-0.20250807075151-6ad9b0a25151 h1:YAxwg3lraGNRwoQ18H7
 github.com/coder/pq v1.10.5-0.20250807075151-6ad9b0a25151/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/coder/pretty v0.0.0-20230908205945-e89ba86370e0 h1:3A0ES21Ke+FxEM8CXx9n47SZOKOpgSE1bbJzlE4qPVs=
 github.com/coder/pretty v0.0.0-20230908205945-e89ba86370e0/go.mod h1:5UuS2Ts+nTToAMeOjNlnHFkPahrtDkmpydBen/3wgZc=
-github.com/coder/preview v1.0.4 h1:f506bnyhHtI3ICl/8Eb/gemcKvm/AGzQ91uyxjF+D9k=
-github.com/coder/preview v1.0.4/go.mod h1:PpLayC3ngQQ0iUhW2yVRFszOooto4JrGGMomv1rqUvA=
+github.com/coder/preview v1.0.7 h1:LF8WRYDcYyBUyfmlAaXD6hZOpBH+qDIxU9mcbmSRKxM=
+github.com/coder/preview v1.0.7/go.mod h1:PpLayC3ngQQ0iUhW2yVRFszOooto4JrGGMomv1rqUvA=
 github.com/coder/quartz v0.3.0 h1:bUoSEJ77NBfKtUqv6CPSC0AS8dsjqAqqAv7bN02m1mg=
 github.com/coder/quartz v0.3.0/go.mod h1:BgE7DOj/8NfvRgvKw0jPLDQH/2Lya2kxcTaNJ8X0rZk=
 github.com/coder/retry v1.5.1 h1:iWu8YnD8YqHs3XwqrqsjoBTAVqT9ml6z9ViJ2wlMiqc=