diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 249fed1eee..e2b637b485 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     <ugs.maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.5.3</ugs.maven-assembly-plugin.version>
     <ugs.jide.version>3.7.12</ugs.jide.version>
     <ugs.snakeyaml.version>1.30</ugs.snakeyaml.version>
+    <ugs.flatlaf.version>3.2.5</ugs.flatlaf.version>
 
     <!-- Sets the timestamp format -->
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd</maven.build.timestamp.format>
diff --git a/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-designer/pom.xml b/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-designer/pom.xml
index 9069688333..31b9e27a60 100644
--- a/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-designer/pom.xml
+++ b/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-designer/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@
             <artifactId>jide-oss</artifactId>
             <version>${ugs.jide.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.formdev</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flatlaf-jide-oss</artifactId>
+            <version>${ugs.flatlaf.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Look and feel when running standalone-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.formdev</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flatlaf</artifactId>
+            <version>${ugs.flatlaf.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- UGS dependencies -->
         <dependency>