diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index f126759a357..e2bb210021d 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 brew 'clang-format'
 brew 'swiftlint'
-brew 'carthage'
-brew 'rbenv'
 brew 'pre-commit'
 brew 'python3'
-tap 'facebook/fb'
-brew 'facebook/fb/idb-companion'
-tap 'mobile-dev-inc/tap'
-brew 'mobile-dev-inc/tap/maestro'
diff --git a/Brewfile-ci b/Brewfile-ci
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66e045d3273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Brewfile-ci
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+tap 'facebook/fb'
+brew 'facebook/fb/idb-companion'
+tap 'mobile-dev-inc/tap'
+brew 'mobile-dev-inc/tap/maestro'
+brew 'carthage'
+brew 'rbenv'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6cb3439897..00a231e3ca2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 init:
 	which brew || /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
 	brew bundle
-	rbenv install --skip-existing
-	rbenv exec gem update bundler
-	rbenv exec bundle install
 	pre-commit install
 	clang-format --version | awk '{print $3}' > scripts/.clang-format-version
 	swiftlint version > scripts/.swiftlint-version
+	
+# installs the tools needed to test various CI tasks locally
+init-ci: init
+	brew bundle --file Brewfile-ci
+	rbenv install --skip-existing
+	rbenv exec gem update bundler
+	rbenv exec bundle install
 
 .PHONY: check-versions
 check-versions:
diff --git a/Sentry.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Sentry.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f0ede668c98..60898b55ea9 100644
--- a/Sentry.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Sentry.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1749,6 +1749,7 @@
 		849B8F962C6E906900148E1F /* SentryUserFeedbackIntegrationDriver.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = SentryUserFeedbackIntegrationDriver.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		849B8F972C6E906900148E1F /* SentryUserFeedbackThemeConfiguration.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = SentryUserFeedbackThemeConfiguration.swift; path = Configuration/SentryUserFeedbackThemeConfiguration.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		849B8F982C6E906900148E1F /* SentryUserFeedbackWidgetConfiguration.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = SentryUserFeedbackWidgetConfiguration.swift; path = Configuration/SentryUserFeedbackWidgetConfiguration.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		849DF0522D00270A00A202DF /* Brewfile-ci */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = text.script.ruby; path = "Brewfile-ci"; sourceTree = "<group>"; xcLanguageSpecificationIdentifier = xcode.lang.ruby; };
 		84A305472BC72A0A00D84283 /* SentryAppLaunchProfilingTests.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = SentryAppLaunchProfilingTests.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		84A305552BC9EF8C00D84283 /* SentryTraceProfiler.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = SentryTraceProfiler.h; path = ../include/SentryTraceProfiler.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		84A305562BC9EF8C00D84283 /* SentryTraceProfiler.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; path = SentryTraceProfiler.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -3830,6 +3831,7 @@
 				844DA80A28246D5000E6B62E /* .swiftlint.yml */,
 				843BD6282AD8752300B0098F /* .clang-format */,
 				844DA80B28246D5000E6B62E /* Brewfile */,
+				849DF0522D00270A00A202DF /* Brewfile-ci */,
 			);
 			name = Aux;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";