diff --git a/.changeset/light-bananas-deny.md b/.changeset/light-bananas-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb5a52e83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-bananas-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/cli": patch
+---
+
+Added `--worldAddress` argument to `dev-contracts` CLI command so that you can develop against an existing world.
diff --git a/next-docs/pages/cli/deploy.mdx b/next-docs/pages/cli/deploy.mdx
index c3390ff24d..7fbd94656e 100644
--- a/next-docs/pages/cli/deploy.mdx
+++ b/next-docs/pages/cli/deploy.mdx
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ Again, there are several ways to do this:
 
 These are the command line options you can specify on `mud deploy`:
 
-| Option                  | Meaning                                          | Type    | Default value                                            |
-| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Option                  | Meaning                                          | Type    | Default value                                              |
+| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `--version`             | Show version number                              | boolean | `false`                                                    |
-| `--configPath`          | Path to the config file                          | string  | `foundry.toml`                                           |
+| `--configPath`          | Path to the config file                          | string  | `foundry.toml`                                             |
 | `--printConfig`         | Print the resolved config                        | boolean | `false`                                                    |
 | `--saveDeployment       | Save the deployment info to a file               | boolean | `true`                                                     |
-| `--profile`             | The foundry profile to use                       | string  | `local`                                                  |
-| `--rpc`<sup>1</sup>     | The RPC URL to use                               | string  | RPC url from `foundry.toml`                              |
-| `--worldAddress`        | Deploy to an existing World at the given address | string  | Empty, deploy new `World`                                |
-| `--srcDir`              | Source directory                                 | string  | Foundry `src` directory                                  |
+| `--profile`             | The foundry profile to use                       | string  | `local`                                                    |
+| `--rpc`<sup>1</sup>     | The RPC URL to use                               | string  | RPC url from `foundry.toml`                                |
+| `--worldAddress`        | Deploy to an existing World at the given address | string  | Empty, deploy new `World`                                  |
+| `--srcDir`              | Source directory                                 | string  | Foundry `src` directory                                    |
 | `--skipBuild`           | Skip rebuilding the contracts before deploying   | boolean | `false`                                                    |
 | `--alwaysRunPostDeploy` | Run `PostDeploy.s.sol` after each deploy         | boolean | `false` (run the script only when deploying a new `World`) |
 | `--help`                | Show help                                        | boolean | `false`                                                    |
diff --git a/next-docs/pages/cli/set-version.mdx b/next-docs/pages/cli/set-version.mdx
index 6f30fe92e3..a4a5ea5611 100644
--- a/next-docs/pages/cli/set-version.mdx
+++ b/next-docs/pages/cli/set-version.mdx
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ pnpm install
 
 These are the command line options you can specify on `mud set-version`:
 
-| Option         | Meaning                                                      | Type    | Default value |
-| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------- |
-| `--version`    | Show version number                                          | boolean | false         |
-| `--mudVersion` | Set MUD to the given version                                 | string  | true          |
-| `--tag`        | Set MUD to the latest version with the given tag from npm    | string  |               |
-| `--commit`     | Set MUD to the version based on a given git commit hash | string  |
-| `--help`       | Show help                                                    | boolean | false         |
+| Option         | Meaning                                                   | Type    | Default value |
+| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- |
+| `--version`    | Show version number                                       | boolean | false         |
+| `--mudVersion` | Set MUD to the given version                              | string  | true          |
+| `--tag`        | Set MUD to the latest version with the given tag from npm | string  |               |
+| `--commit`     | Set MUD to the version based on a given git commit hash   | string  |
+| `--help`       | Show help                                                 | boolean | false         |
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/dev-contracts.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/dev-contracts.ts
index 3e0ee29ce4..44e25634c3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/dev-contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/dev-contracts.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const devOptions = {
   rpc: deployOptions.rpc,
   configPath: deployOptions.configPath,
   alwaysRunPostDeploy: deployOptions.alwaysRunPostDeploy,
+  worldAddress: deployOptions.worldAddress,
 };
 
 const commandModule: CommandModule<typeof devOptions, InferredOptionTypes<typeof devOptions>> = {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ const commandModule: CommandModule<typeof devOptions, InferredOptionTypes<typeof
       }
     });
 
-    let worldAddress: Address | undefined;
+    let worldAddress = opts.worldAddress as Address | undefined;
 
     const deploys$ = lastChange$.pipe(
       // debounce so that a large batch of file changes only triggers a deploy after it settles down, rather than the first change it sees (and then redeploying immediately after)