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---
title: Add a development dependency
sidebarTitle: Add a dev dependency
mode: center
---
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 will add the package to `devDependencies` in `package.json`.
```json
{
"devDependencies": {
"zod": "^3.0.0" // [!code ++]
}
}
```
---
See [Docs > Package manager](/pm/cli/install) for complete documentation of Bun's package manager.