diff --git a/js/Makefile.jinja b/js/Makefile.jinja
index b4faca1..91c73f0 100644
--- a/js/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/js/Makefile.jinja
@@ -5,11 +5,21 @@
 develop-py:
 	uv pip install -e .[develop]
 
-develop-js:
-	cd js; pnpm install && npx playwright install
+develop-js: requirements-js
 
 develop: develop-js develop-py  ## setup project for development
 
+.PHONY: requirements-py requirements-js requirements
+requirements-py:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+
+requirements-js:  ## install prerequisite javascript build requirements
+	cd js; pnpm install && npx playwright install
+
+requirements: requirements-js requirements-py  ## setup project for development
+
 .PHONY: build-py build-js build
 build-py:
 	python -m build -w -n
diff --git a/jupyter/Makefile.jinja b/jupyter/Makefile.jinja
index f59aead..4518f15 100644
--- a/jupyter/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/jupyter/Makefile.jinja
@@ -5,11 +5,21 @@
 develop-py:
 	uv pip install -e .[develop]
 
-develop-js:
-	cd js; pnpm install
+develop-js: requirements-js
 
 develop: develop-js develop-py  ## setup project for development
 
+.PHONY: requirements-py requirements-js requirements
+requirements-py:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+
+requirements-js:  ## install prerequisite javascript build requirements
+	cd js; pnpm install && npx playwright install
+
+requirements: requirements-js requirements-py  ## setup project for development
+
 .PHONY: build-py build-js build
 build-py:
 	python -m build -w -n
diff --git a/python/Makefile.jinja b/python/Makefile.jinja
index 9a4336f..6d394c3 100644
--- a/python/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/python/Makefile.jinja
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 develop:  ## install dependencies and build library
 	uv pip install -e .[develop]
 
+requirements:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+
 build:  ## build the python library
 	python -m build -n
 
diff --git a/rust/Makefile.jinja b/rust/Makefile.jinja
index e93defd..f60caa3 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/rust/Makefile.jinja
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ develop-rs:
 
 develop: develop-rs develop-py  ## setup project for development
 
+.PHONY: requirements-py requirements-rs requirements
+requirements-py:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+
+requirements-rs:  ## install prerequisite rust build requirements
+	make -C rust requirements
+
+requirements: requirements-rs requirements-py  ## setup project for development
+
 .PHONY: build-py build-rs build dev
 build-py:
 	maturin build
diff --git a/rust/rust/Makefile.jinja b/rust/rust/Makefile.jinja
index 4045115..9951d42 100644
--- a/rust/rust/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/rust/rust/Makefile.jinja
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
-.PHONY: develop build
-develop:  ## install required dev dependencies
+.PHONY: requirements develop build
+requirements:  ## install required dev dependencies
 	rustup component add rustfmt
 	rustup component add clippy
-	cargo install cargo-nextest 
+	cargo install cargo-nextest
 	cargo install cargo-llvm-cov
 
+develop: requirements  ## install required dev dependencies
+
 build:  ## build release
 	cargo build --release --all-features