---
title: Add a development dependency
description: "Add an npm package to `devDependencies` with `bun add --development` or its `-d` shorthand."
sidebarTitle: Add a dev dependency
mode: center
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To add an npm package as a development dependency, use `bun add --development`.

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun add zod --dev
bun add zod -d # shorthand
```

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This adds the package to `devDependencies` in `package.json`.

```json
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "zod": "^4.0.0" // [!code ++]
  }
}
```

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See [`bun install`](/pm/cli/install).