diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-devtools-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-devtools-app/package.json
index 1d0f9c22a..8630cc1af 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-devtools-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-devtools-app/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-help-menu-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-help-menu-app/package.json
index 610c29067..80aba3603 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-help-menu-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-help-menu-app/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-implementer-tools-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-implementer-tools-app/package.json
index 6f7a9b66f..e146aac72 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-implementer-tools-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-implementer-tools-app/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-login-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-login-app/package.json
index 21d03de18..b11f3c263 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-login-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-login-app/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-offline-tools-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-offline-tools-app/package.json
index 12799ac42..e4bf273ad 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-offline-tools-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-offline-tools-app/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "swr": "^2.2.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/apps/esm-primary-navigation-app/package.json b/packages/apps/esm-primary-navigation-app/package.json
index ec2c94622..f20309118 100644
--- a/packages/apps/esm-primary-navigation-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/apps/esm-primary-navigation-app/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "@carbon/react": "1.x",
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*",
     "react": "18.x",
     "react-dom": "18.x",
diff --git a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/dependencies.json b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/dependencies.json
index c929b7d12..37308c341 100644
--- a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/dependencies.json
+++ b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/dependencies.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [
+  "@carbon/react",
   "i18next",
   "dayjs",
   "react",
diff --git a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/src/index.ts b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/src/index.ts
index f3fe20b0e..f7c9d5d80 100644
--- a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import '@openmrs/esm-styleguide/dist/openmrs-esm-styleguide.css';
 import 'import-map-overrides';
-import '@openmrs/esm-framework';
 import type { SpaConfig } from '@openmrs/esm-framework/src/internal';
 
 function _createSpaBase(baseUrl: string) {
diff --git a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/webpack.config.js b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/webpack.config.js
index 7d3355d71..2a5e45c55 100644
--- a/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/shell/esm-app-shell/webpack.config.js
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
       ],
       static: ['src/assets'],
     },
+    watchOptions: {
+      ignored: ['.git', 'test-results'],
+    },
     mode,
     devtool: isProd ? 'hidden-nosources-source-map' : 'eval-source-map',
     module: {
@@ -260,6 +263,12 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
         },
       ],
     },
+    optimization: {
+      splitChunks: {
+        maxAsyncRequests: 3,
+        maxInitialRequests: 1,
+      },
+    },
     resolve: {
       mainFields: ['module', 'main'],
       extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.js', '.jsx', '.css', '.scss'],
@@ -271,7 +280,11 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
         url: false,
       },
       alias: {
+        'lodash.debounce': 'lodash-es/debounce',
         'lodash.findlast': 'lodash-es/findLast',
+        'lodash.isequal': 'lodash-es/isEqual',
+        'lodash.omit': 'lodash-es/omit',
+        'lodash.throttle': 'lodash-es/throttle',
       },
     },
     plugins: [
@@ -332,6 +345,8 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
             }
           }
 
+          const eager = depName === 'dayjs';
+
           if (depName === 'swr') {
             // SWR is annoying with Module Federation
             // See: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/16125 and https://github.com/vercel/swr/issues/2356
@@ -339,7 +354,7 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
               requiredVersion: version,
               strictVersion: false,
               singleton: true,
-              eager: true,
+              eager: false,
               import: 'swr/',
               shareKey: 'swr/',
               shareScope: 'default',
@@ -350,7 +365,7 @@ module.exports = (env, argv = {}) => {
               requiredVersion: version ?? false,
               strictVersion: false,
               singleton: true,
-              eager: true,
+              eager: eager,
               import: depName,
               shareKey: depName,
               shareScope: 'default',
diff --git a/packages/tooling/openmrs/package.json b/packages/tooling/openmrs/package.json
index 756440a5f..941710fb1 100644
--- a/packages/tooling/openmrs/package.json
+++ b/packages/tooling/openmrs/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.3",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.0",
     "inquirer": "^7.3.3",
+    "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.4.5",
     "node-watch": "^0.7.4",
     "npm-registry-fetch": "^14.0.3",
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.11.1",
     "@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
     "@types/inquirer": "^6.5.0",
+    "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.5",
     "@types/node": "^18.11.11",
     "@types/pacote": "^11.1.5",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.9",
diff --git a/packages/tooling/webpack-config/package.json b/packages/tooling/webpack-config/package.json
index a766fa43a..81306e121 100644
--- a/packages/tooling/webpack-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/tooling/webpack-config/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "css-loader": "^5.2.4",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^6.5.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+    "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
     "sass": ">=1.45.0 <1.65.0",
     "sass-loader": "^12.3.0",
     "style-loader": "^3.3.1",
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
     "webpack": "5.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.5",
     "typescript": "^4.6.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tooling/webpack-config/src/index.ts b/packages/tooling/webpack-config/src/index.ts
index 68c9d7587..4cbad11bc 100644
--- a/packages/tooling/webpack-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tooling/webpack-config/src/index.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export default (env: Record<string, string>, argv: Record<string, string> = {})
         merge(
           {
             test: /\.css$/,
-            use: [require.resolve('style-loader'), cssLoader],
+            use: ['style-loader', cssLoader],
           },
           cssRuleConfig,
         ),
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ export default (env: Record<string, string>, argv: Record<string, string> = {})
           {
             test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
             use: [
-              require.resolve('style-loader'),
+              'style-loader',
               cssLoader,
               {
-                loader: require.resolve('sass-loader'),
+                loader: 'sass-loader',
                 options: { sassOptions: { quietDeps: true } },
               },
             ],
@@ -335,7 +335,11 @@ export default (env: Record<string, string>, argv: Record<string, string> = {})
       extensions: ['.tsx', '.ts', '.jsx', '.js', '.scss', '.json'],
       alias: {
         '@openmrs/esm-framework': '@openmrs/esm-framework/src/internal',
+        'lodash.debounce': 'lodash-es/debounce',
         'lodash.findlast': 'lodash-es/findLast',
+        'lodash.isequal': 'lodash-es/isEqual',
+        'lodash.omit': 'lodash-es/omit',
+        'lodash.throttle': 'lodash-es/throttle',
       },
     },
     ...overrides,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1093dff22..edbd76f3f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3072,6 +3072,7 @@ __metadata:
     react-i18next: "npm:^11.18.6"
     webpack: "npm:^5.88.0"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3199,6 +3200,7 @@ __metadata:
     react-i18next: "npm:^11.18.6"
     webpack: "npm:^5.88.0"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3224,6 +3226,7 @@ __metadata:
     swr: "npm:^2.2.2"
     webpack: "npm:^5.88.0"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3250,6 +3253,7 @@ __metadata:
     swr: "npm:^2.2.2"
     webpack: "npm:^5.88.0"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3290,6 +3294,7 @@ __metadata:
     rxjs: "npm:^6.5.3"
     swr: "npm:^2.2.2"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3337,6 +3342,7 @@ __metadata:
     rxjs: "npm:^6.5.3"
     webpack: "npm:^5.88.0"
   peerDependencies:
+    "@carbon/react": 1.x
     "@openmrs/esm-framework": "*"
     react: 18.x
     react-dom: 18.x
@@ -3494,11 +3500,13 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@openmrs/webpack-config@workspace:packages/tooling/webpack-config"
   dependencies:
     "@swc/core": "npm:^1.3.58"
+    "@types/lodash-es": "npm:^4.17.5"
     clean-webpack-plugin: "npm:^4.0.0"
     copy-webpack-plugin: "npm:^11.0.0"
     css-loader: "npm:^5.2.4"
     fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin: "npm:^6.5.0"
     lodash: "npm:^4.17.21"
+    lodash-es: "npm:^4.17.21"
     sass: "npm:>=1.45.0 <1.65.0"
     sass-loader: "npm:^12.3.0"
     style-loader: "npm:^3.3.1"
@@ -14250,6 +14258,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/express": "npm:^4.11.1"
     "@types/glob": "npm:^7.1.1"
     "@types/inquirer": "npm:^6.5.0"
+    "@types/lodash-es": "npm:^4.17.5"
     "@types/node": "npm:^18.11.11"
     "@types/pacote": "npm:^11.1.5"
     "@types/react": "npm:^18.0.9"
@@ -14267,6 +14276,7 @@ __metadata:
     glob: "npm:^7.1.3"
     html-webpack-plugin: "npm:^5.5.0"
     inquirer: "npm:^7.3.3"
+    lodash-es: "npm:^4.17.21"
     mini-css-extract-plugin: "npm:^2.4.5"
     node-watch: "npm:^0.7.4"
     npm-registry-fetch: "npm:^14.0.3"