diff --git a/templates/boilerplate-template/package.json b/templates/boilerplate-template/package.json
index 834a9a8d..0e03adfd 100644
--- a/templates/boilerplate-template/package.json
+++ b/templates/boilerplate-template/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "vite": "^5.2.0",
     "vite-plugin-notifier": "^0.1.5",
-    "tree-kill": "1.2.2"
+    "tree-kill": "1.2.2",
+    "dotenv": "16.3.1"
   }
 }