diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index e343617d1..2bd2d4ab3 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "_extensions": ["dependencies.InstallExtension"],
   "project_name": "My Awesome Project",
   "project_slug": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower()|replace(' ', '_')|replace('-', '_')|replace('.', '_')|trim() }}",
   "description": "Behold My Awesome Project!",
diff --git a/dependencies.py b/dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..274dddfd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from cookiecutter.environment import StrictEnvironment
+from jinja2.ext import Extension
+
+
+class PackageManager:
+    managers: dict[str, "PackageManager"] = {}
+
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs):
+        cls.managers[cls.__name__.lower()] = cls()
+
+    def install(self, obj: str, context: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses must implement the install method")
+
+
+class PIP(PackageManager):
+    """PIP package manager"""
+
+    def install(self, obj: str, context: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        if obj == "development":
+            return "pip install -r requirements/local.txt"
+
+        return f"pip install {obj}"
+
+
+class Poetry(PackageManager):
+    """Poetry package manager"""
+
+    def install(self, obj: str, context: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        if obj == "development":
+            return "poetry install --with dev"
+
+        return f"poetry add {obj}"
+
+
+class UV(PackageManager):
+    """Poetry package manager"""
+
+
+class InstallExtension(Extension):
+    """Jinja2 extension to convert a Python object to JSON."""
+
+    def __init__(self, environment: StrictEnvironment):
+        """Initialize the extension with the given environment."""
+        super().__init__(environment)
+
+        def install(obj, context):
+            # TODO we need to retrieve the package manager from the context or in another way
+            # manager_name = context.package_manager
+            manager_name = "pip"
+            package_manager = PackageManager.managers[manager_name]
+            return package_manager.install(obj, context)
+
+        environment.filters["install"] = install
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yml
index dc08bfbab..cea2c4891 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ steps:
     path: ${PRE_COMMIT_HOME}
   commands:
   - export PRE_COMMIT_HOME=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pre-commit
-  - pip install -q pre-commit
+  - {{ "-q pre-commit"|install(cookiecutter)}}
   - pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files
 
 - name: test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ steps:
   {%- else %}
   image: python:3.11
   commands:
-  - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+  - {{ "development"|install(cookiecutter)}}
   - pytest
   {%- endif%}
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 78709191a..894c94aef 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   include:
     - name: "Linter"
       before_script:
-        - pip install -q ruff
+        - {{ "ruff"|install(cookiecutter)}}
       script:
         - ruff check .
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       python:
         - "3.11"
       install:
-        - pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+        - {{ "development"|install(cookiecutter)}}
       script:
         - pytest
     {%- endif %}