diff --git a/tools/lib/adev.ts b/tools/lib/adev.ts
index a443fe3fb..516987b8a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/adev.ts
+++ b/tools/lib/adev.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ export async function buildAdev() {
   }
 }
 
-export function serveAdev() {
+export async function serveAdev() {
   const sh = $$({ cwd: buildDir, reject: false });
+  // Ensure dependencies are installed before running ibazel
+  await $$({ cwd: buildDir })`pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`;
   const p = sh`pnpm ibazel run //adev:build.serve`;
   const pid = p.pid!;
   consola.log(`adev process started: ${pid}`);
diff --git a/tools/watch.ts b/tools/watch.ts
index 2befae1c4..26f6d06af 100644
--- a/tools/watch.ts
+++ b/tools/watch.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async function watch() {
   const fileWatcher = watchLocalizedFiles();
 
   consola.start('Start adev server...');
-  const adevServer = serveAdev();
+  const adevServer = await serveAdev();
 
   const shutdown = () => {
     consola.info('Shutting down...');