diff --git a/deployments/dev/config/common.yaml b/deployments/dev/config/common.yaml
index 90cb67801..b95156d20 100644
--- a/deployments/dev/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/dev/config/common.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jupyterhub:
               mountPath: /home/jovyan
               subPath: "{username}/1524699"
     nodeSelector:
-      hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: small-courses-pool
+      hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: dev-pool
     storage:
       type: static
       static:
diff --git a/node-placeholder/values.yaml b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
index eed3088a1..bb27bc699 100644
--- a/node-placeholder/values.yaml
+++ b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ nodePools:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
     replicas: 1
+  dev:
+    nodeSelector:
+      hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: dev-pool
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
+        memory: 29247442944
+    replicas: 0
   dlab:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: dlab-pool