diff --git a/clients/ui/Makefile b/clients/ui/Makefile
index 08fe13be07..259c247964 100644
--- a/clients/ui/Makefile
+++ b/clients/ui/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ dev-bff-kubeflow:
 	cd bff && make run PORT=4000 MOCK_K8S_CLIENT=false MOCK_MR_CLIENT=false DEV_MODE=true DEPLOYMENT_MODE=kubeflow DEV_MODE_MODEL_REGISTRY_PORT=8085 DEV_MODE_CATALOG_PORT=8086
 
 ########### Dev Federated ###########
+FEDERATED_FRONTEND_PORT ?= 9100
+FEDERATED_BFF_PORT ?= 4000
+
 .PHONY: dev-start-federated
 dev-start-federated:
 	@trap 'exit 0' INT; \
@@ -66,11 +69,11 @@ dev-start-federated:
 
 .PHONY: dev-frontend-federated
 dev-frontend-federated:
-	cd frontend && AUTH_METHOD=user_token DEPLOYMENT_MODE=federated STYLE_THEME=patternfly PORT=9100 npm run start:dev
+	cd frontend && AUTH_METHOD=user_token DEPLOYMENT_MODE=federated STYLE_THEME=patternfly PORT=$(FEDERATED_FRONTEND_PORT) npm run start:dev
 
 .PHONY: dev-bff-federated
 dev-bff-federated:
-	cd bff && make run PORT=4000 MOCK_K8S_CLIENT=false MOCK_MR_CLIENT=false MOCK_MR_CATALOG_CLIENT=false DEV_MODE=true DEPLOYMENT_MODE=federated DEV_MODE_MODEL_REGISTRY_PORT=8085 DEV_MODE_CATALOG_PORT=8086 AUTH_METHOD=user_token AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER=x-forwarded-access-token AUTH_TOKEN_PREFIX="" INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true
+	cd bff && make run PORT=$(FEDERATED_BFF_PORT) MOCK_K8S_CLIENT=false MOCK_MR_CLIENT=false MOCK_MR_CATALOG_CLIENT=false DEV_MODE=true DEPLOYMENT_MODE=federated DEV_MODE_MODEL_REGISTRY_PORT=8085 DEV_MODE_CATALOG_PORT=8086 AUTH_METHOD=user_token AUTH_TOKEN_HEADER=x-forwarded-access-token AUTH_TOKEN_PREFIX="" INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true
 
 ############ Build ############