diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-knives-attack.md b/.changeset/yellow-knives-attack.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f69481ef0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-knives-attack.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"trigger.dev": patch
+---
+
+Add the "dev.vars" file to the list of auto-loaded dotenv files in the dev CLI command
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/dotEnv.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/dotEnv.ts
index 7b5bfbcf6d..f50b26f501 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/dotEnv.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/dotEnv.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
 import { env } from "std-env";
 
-const ENVVAR_FILES = [".env", ".env.development", ".env.local", ".env.development.local"];
+const ENVVAR_FILES = [".env", ".env.development", ".env.local", ".env.development.local", "dev.vars"];
 
 export function resolveDotEnvVars(cwd?: string, envFile?: string) {
   const result: { [key: string]: string } = {};