diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
index 4064068d..752e11f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4
 
-      - name: Install if required common software tooling
-        uses: camunda/infra-global-github-actions/common-tooling@9c73d559854bd5d1cc7d1ac1982dc526f57c9782 # main
-        with:
-          java-enabled: false
-          yarn-enabled: false
-          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install tooling using asdf
+        uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@05e0d2ed97b598bfce82fd30daf324ae0c4570e6 # v3
 
       - name: Import secrets
         uses: hashicorp/vault-action@d1720f055e0635fd932a1d2a48f87a666a57906c # v3.0.0
@@ -153,12 +149,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4
 
-      - name: Install if required common software tooling
-        uses: camunda/infra-global-github-actions/common-tooling@9c73d559854bd5d1cc7d1ac1982dc526f57c9782 # main
-        with:
-          java-enabled: false
-          yarn-enabled: false
-          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install tooling using asdf
+        uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@05e0d2ed97b598bfce82fd30daf324ae0c4570e6 # v3
 
       - name: Set Keycloak Image Name
         id: set-keycloak-image-name
@@ -240,13 +232,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4
 
-      - name: Install if required common software tooling
-        uses: camunda/infra-global-github-actions/common-tooling@9c73d559854bd5d1cc7d1ac1982dc526f57c9782 # main
-        with:
-          java-enabled: false
-          yarn-enabled: false
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          python-cache: "pip"
+      - name: Install build-essentials for asdf
+        run: |
+         sudo apt-get update
+
+         sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git libexpat1-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
+         libncurses5-dev libbz2-dev liblzma-dev \
+         libsqlite3-dev libffi-dev tcl-dev linux-headers-generic libgdbm-dev \
+         libreadline-dev tk tk-dev
+
+      - name: Install tooling using asdf
+        uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@05e0d2ed97b598bfce82fd30daf324ae0c4570e6 # v3
 
       - name: Set Keycloak Image Name
         id: set-keycloak-image-name
@@ -368,8 +364,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           : # We generate a db auth token using the aws cli because IRSA access in Keycloak might not be easy to debug.
           : # This token will be used in the "Test psql db connection" step, and then it will be reset for the Keycloak integration test.
-          python3 -m pip install awscli
-
           : # The aws command uses the environment variables provided by the runner
           AWS_PG_PASSWORD="$(aws rds generate-db-auth-token --hostname ${{ env.postgres_host }} --port ${{ matrix.runner_desc.keycloak_db_port }} --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} --username ${{ env.postgres_user }})"
           echo "postgres_password=${AWS_PG_PASSWORD}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -465,10 +459,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install if required common software tooling
         uses: camunda/infra-global-github-actions/common-tooling@9c73d559854bd5d1cc7d1ac1982dc526f57c9782 # main
         with:
+          node-enabled: false
           java-enabled: false
           yarn-enabled: false
+          python-enabled: false
           buildx-install: true
 
+      - name: Install tooling using asdf
+        uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@05e0d2ed97b598bfce82fd30daf324ae0c4570e6 # v3
+
       - name: Import secrets
         uses: hashicorp/vault-action@d1720f055e0635fd932a1d2a48f87a666a57906c # v3.0.0
         id: secrets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index c6137a3d..ae2b51ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
+
+      - name: Install tooling using asdf
+        uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@05e0d2ed97b598bfce82fd30daf324ae0c4570e6 # v3
+
       - uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd # v3.0.1
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4752b1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+################################################################################
+#                                                                              #
+# Note: when adding a new tool here, also adjust the Renovate configuration    #
+#       that mirrors some asdf plugin's logic to remove version prefixes like  #
+#       "v".                                                                   #
+#                                                                              #
+#       You have to amend the Renovate config when the asdf plugin takes 1.2.3 #
+#       as the version but the Docker tag/Github tag is actually v1.2.3        #
+#                                                                              #
+################################################################################
+
+# /!\ Please maintain this file sorted alphabetically.
+# check it with
+# diff <(sed '/^#/d; /^$/d' .tool-versions | sort) <(sed '/^#/d; /^$/d' .tool-versions) && echo ".tool-versions is sorted correctly" || echo ".tool-versions is not sorted correctly"
+
+awscli 2.16.0
+
+just 1.27.0
+
+pre-commit 3.7.1
+
+python 3.12.4
diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index 03e8984c..8fbf332c 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 Welcome to the development reference for Keycloak by Camunda! This document provides guidance on setting up a basic testing environment, running unit tests, and testing changes locally.
 
+## Requirements
+
+To gather all specifics versions of this project, we use:
+- [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/) version manager (see [installation](https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html)).
+- [just](https://github.com/casey/just) as a command runner
+  - install it using asdf: `asdf plugin add just && asdf install just`
+
+Then we will install all the tooling listed in the `.tool-versions` of this root project using just:
+```bash
+just install-tooling
+
+# list available recipes
+just --list
+```
+
 ## Building the Image (Development Only)
 
 Building a local image is for development purposes only.
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08f6a374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# this file is a recipe file for the project
+
+# Install all the tooling
+install-tooling: asdf-install
+
+# Install asdf plugins
+asdf-plugins:
+    #!/bin/sh
+    echo "Installing asdf plugins"
+    for plugin in $(awk '{print $1}' .tool-versions); do \
+      asdf plugin add ${plugin} 2>&1 | (grep "already added" && exit 0); \
+    done
+
+    echo "Update all asdf plugins"
+    asdf plugin update --all
+
+# Install tools using asdf
+asdf-install: asdf-plugins
+    asdf install