diff --git a/.changeset/kind-tools-drag.md b/.changeset/kind-tools-drag.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56a16d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-tools-drag.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/devtools': patch
+---
+
+Install Neodrag's required core peer dependency so consumers do not need to add it themselves.
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 7f929549..9b3800da 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "build": "tsup"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@neodrag/core": "3.0.0-next.11",
     "@neodrag/solid": "3.0.0-next.11",
     "@solid-primitives/event-listener": "^2.4.3",
     "@solid-primitives/keyboard": "^1.3.3",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0709ba0f..40e1fb8a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1514,6 +1514,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/devtools:
     dependencies:
+      '@neodrag/core':
+        specifier: 3.0.0-next.11
+        version: 3.0.0-next.11
       '@neodrag/solid':
         specifier: 3.0.0-next.11
         version: 3.0.0-next.11(@neodrag/core@3.0.0-next.11)(solid-js@1.9.12)