diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf9b841..9472b05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Spring Boot DevTools for hot reload -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>