diff --git a/.changeset/early-games-taste.md b/.changeset/early-games-taste.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6130b6a886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-games-taste.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
+---
+
+Enable captcha for development instances
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/captcha/retrieveCaptchaInfo.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/captcha/retrieveCaptchaInfo.ts
index 2cf78c84db..caa36e5fff 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/captcha/retrieveCaptchaInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/captcha/retrieveCaptchaInfo.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ export const retrieveCaptchaInfo = (clerk: Clerk) => {
     captchaWidgetType: _environment ? _environment.displayConfig.captchaWidgetType : null,
     captchaProvider,
     captchaPublicKeyInvisible: _environment ? _environment.displayConfig.captchaPublicKeyInvisible : null,
-    canUseCaptcha: _environment
-      ? _environment.userSettings.signUp.captcha_enabled &&
-        clerk.isStandardBrowser &&
-        clerk.instanceType === 'production'
-      : null,
+    canUseCaptcha: _environment ? _environment.userSettings.signUp.captcha_enabled && clerk.isStandardBrowser : null,
     captchaURL: fapiClient
       .buildUrl({
         path: 'cloudflare/turnstile/v0/api.js',