diff --git a/modelcontextprotocol/README.md b/modelcontextprotocol/README.md
index c573c672548ee..3a17837aa218b 100644
--- a/modelcontextprotocol/README.md
+++ b/modelcontextprotocol/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,31 @@ If you're running MCP servers for your app, you'll likely want to use the [SSE i
 
 If your user `123` wants to connect to the `slack` MCP server, your MCP client would make a request to the `/123/slack` route. [See the SSE docs below](#sse) for more detail.
 
+### Running the server via locally for development
+
+sse
+```bash
+npm run dev:sse
+```
+
+stdio
+```bash
+npm run dev:stdio
+```
+
+optionally you can add add the env var `PD_SDK_DEBUG=true` to the above commands to dump requests and responses to the Pipecream Connect API.
+
+sse
+```bash
+PD_SDK_DEBUG=true npm run dev:sse
+```
+
+stdio
+```bash
+PD_SDK_DEBUG=true npm run dev:stdio
+```
+
+
 ### Running the server via `npx`
 
 Pipedream MCP servers provide [two interfaces](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/architecture#transport-layer) clients can connect to:
diff --git a/modelcontextprotocol/package-lock.json b/modelcontextprotocol/package-lock.json
index 69be4c7e36c75..de69d75845752 100644
--- a/modelcontextprotocol/package-lock.json
+++ b/modelcontextprotocol/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.7.0",
-        "@pipedream/sdk": "^1.4.0",
+        "@pipedream/sdk": "^1.5.2",
         "commander": "^13.1.0",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "express": "^4.21.2",
@@ -776,9 +776,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@pipedream/sdk": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pipedream/sdk/-/sdk-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mVjYoDF6MNOWMi+UjzAz7T8GgjHI1f9IrPFhfd0VH968QP9k1HtJDfEZFhfJf+hKxKFCT8XRE7npJAX8efr0uw==",
+      "version": "1.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pipedream/sdk/-/sdk-1.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-E7t0swpugUqY1EXRnYP6aH0yiltCbLJwXJnt0NYebW2X1i7X+7qwMLZOoOeXJScpMaf0UlHTKiBGHG/cl0Q1dQ==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@rails/actioncable": "^8.0.0",
         "commander": "^12.1.0",
diff --git a/modelcontextprotocol/package.json b/modelcontextprotocol/package.json
index 66dcfc52f5859..220666f8c9163 100644
--- a/modelcontextprotocol/package.json
+++ b/modelcontextprotocol/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     "@pipedream/mcp": "./dist/src/cli.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev:stdio": "tsx watch src/stdio.ts",
-    "dev:sse": "tsx watch src/sse.ts",
+    "dev:stdio": "tsx watch -r dotenv/config src/stdio.ts",
+    "dev:sse": "tsx watch -r dotenv/config src/sse.ts",
     "start:stdio": "tsx src/cli.ts stdio",
     "start:sse": "tsx src/cli.ts sse",
     "start:stdio:app": "tsx src/cli.ts stdio --app",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.7.0",
-    "@pipedream/sdk": "^1.4.0",
+    "@pipedream/sdk": "^1.5.2",
     "commander": "^13.1.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.21.2",