diff --git a/modules/dev-tools/package.json b/modules/dev-tools/package.json
index c02972cd..50bfd384 100644
--- a/modules/dev-tools/package.json
+++ b/modules/dev-tools/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
   "bin": {
     "ocular-bootstrap": "./scripts/bootstrap.js",
     "ocular-build": "./scripts/build.js",
-    "ocular-bundle": "./scripts/bundle.js",
     "ocular-bump": "./scripts/bump.js",
+    "ocular-bundle": "./scripts/bundle.js",
     "ocular-clean": "./scripts/clean.js",
     "ocular-lint": "./scripts/lint.js",
     "ocular-metrics": "./scripts/metrics.js",
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
     "prettier-check": "2.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.11.0",
     "tape-promise": "^4.0.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "ts-node": "~10.9.0",
     "ts-patch": "^3.1.2",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "vite": "^4.0.1",
     "vite-plugin-html": "^3.2.0"
   },
diff --git a/modules/dev-tools/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/modules/dev-tools/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 7d0190e4..cce19c9a 100755
--- a/modules/dev-tools/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/modules/dev-tools/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@ else
   yarn link $packageName
 fi
 
-# build the submodules
-npm run build
+# build the submodules unless `nobuild` argment is passed
+if [[ ! "$1" = "nobuild" ]]; then
+  npm run build
+fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c649b4bc..345debdd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@
   },
   "pre-commit": "pre-commit",
   "pre-push": "pre-push",
-  "dependencies": {}
+  "volta": {
+    "node": "20.11.1",
+    "yarn": "1.22.21"
+  }
 }