diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a386e3a2..ec872e06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@ jobs:
         id-token: write
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Setup python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.11
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: python -m pip install build
-    - run: python -m build -o python_dist
+    - run: pipx run uv tool run --with build[uv] --from build python -m build --installer uv -o python_dist
     - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
       if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
index 2fea596b..f536ca3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
-    - run: pip install .
+    - run: pipx run uv pip install --system .
     - run: dpgui -h
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dffd9a73..d689f5fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -192,3 +192,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+.uv/