diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4f56fca9c3..a1468804f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Install toml
-        run: pip install toml
+      - name: Install eachdist dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install -c dev-requirements.txt toml
 
       - name: Set environment variables
         run: |
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6a4645af6c..f2cdcc51d2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ You can run `tox` with the following arguments:
 - `tox -e ruff` to run ruff linter and formatter checks against the entire codebase
 - `tox -e typecheck` to run pyright against entire code base.
 - `tox -e public-symbols-check` to run public_symbols_checker.py.
+- `tox -e eachdist -- <arguments>` to run `scripts/eachdist.py` in an isolated environment,
+  for example `tox -e eachdist -- version --mode stable`.
 - `tox -e docker-tests-{otlpexporter,opencensus}` to run tests in both or either one location.
 - `tox -e tracecontext` to run integration tests for tracecontext.
 - `tox -e precommit` to run all `pre-commit` actions
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index caa46ac0c4..d035411e8b 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ psutil==7.2.2
 GitPython==3.2.1
 pre-commit==3.7.0
 ruff==0.16.1
+toml==0.10.2
 testcontainers==4.13.3
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9b0a2e6743..cf239e2036 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -481,6 +481,14 @@ commands =
   python {toxinidir}/scripts/griffe_check.py
   python {toxinidir}/scripts/public_symbols_checker.py
 
+[testenv:eachdist]
+deps =
+  -c {toxinidir}/dev-requirements.txt
+  toml
+commands_pre =
+commands =
+  python {toxinidir}/scripts/eachdist.py {posargs:--help}
+
 [testenv:generate-workflows]
 deps =
   tox