diff --git a/server/skillhub-app/pom.xml b/server/skillhub-app/pom.xml
index 3e9d6804..f7ddf6ca 100644
--- a/server/skillhub-app/pom.xml
+++ b/server/skillhub-app/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-session-data-redis</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>