diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index a780ceaf519..27691663d22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install webserver
@@ -350,6 +357,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install webserver
@@ -386,6 +400,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install webserver
@@ -422,6 +443,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/storage/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -463,6 +491,13 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-path: "services/agent/requirements/ci.txt"
       - name: install rclone
         run: sudo ./ci/github/helpers/install_rclone.bash
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -502,6 +537,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "api/tests/requirements.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install api
@@ -535,6 +577,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/api-server/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -577,6 +626,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/autoscaling/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -616,6 +672,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/catalog/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -661,6 +724,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/clusters-keeper/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -710,6 +780,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/datcore-adapter/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -757,6 +834,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/director/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -793,6 +877,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/director-v2/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -838,6 +929,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/aws-library/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -877,6 +975,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -916,6 +1021,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/dask-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -955,6 +1067,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1004,6 +1123,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/payments/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1043,6 +1169,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1082,6 +1215,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1131,6 +1271,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1168,6 +1315,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
           cache: "npm"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1201,6 +1355,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/service-library/requirements/_test.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1234,6 +1395,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/postgres-database/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1273,6 +1441,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "services/invitations/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1312,6 +1487,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/service-integration/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1351,6 +1533,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/service-library/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1390,6 +1579,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/settings-library/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1429,6 +1625,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/models-library/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1469,6 +1672,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1567,6 +1777,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1626,6 +1843,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1685,6 +1909,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1748,6 +1979,13 @@ jobs:
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
       - name: install rclone
         run: sudo ./ci/github/helpers/install_rclone.bash
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1809,6 +2047,13 @@ jobs:
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
       - name: install rclone
         run: sudo ./ci/github/helpers/install_rclone.bash
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1869,6 +2114,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -1942,6 +2194,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -2025,6 +2284,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -2083,6 +2349,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
@@ -2152,6 +2425,13 @@ jobs:
           attempt_delay: 1000
       - name: load docker images
         run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: setup
@@ -2213,6 +2493,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/dev.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: expose github runtime for buildx
         uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@v3
       - name: download docker images
@@ -2274,6 +2561,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "tests/environment-setup/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache-uv
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-python-${{ matrix.python }}-uv
       - name: show system version
         run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
       - name: install
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fead2f3ede..98f67bdd91d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -451,18 +451,31 @@ push-version: tag-version
 
 .PHONY: devenv devenv-all node-env
 
-.venv:
-	@python3 --version
-	python3 -m venv $@
+.check-uv-installed:
+		@echo "Checking if 'uv' is installed..."
+		@if ! command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+				printf "\033[31mError: 'uv' is not installed.\033[0m\n"; \
+				printf "To install 'uv', run the following command:\n"; \
+				printf "\033[34mcurl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh\033[0m\n"; \
+				exit 1; \
+		else \
+				printf "\033[32m'uv' is installed. Version: \033[0m"; \
+				uv --version; \
+		fi
+
+
+.venv: .check-uv-installed
+	@uv venv $@
 	## upgrading tools to latest version in $(shell python3 --version)
-	$@/bin/pip3 --quiet install --upgrade \
+	@uv pip --quiet install --upgrade \
 		pip~=24.0 \
 		wheel \
-		setuptools
-	@$@/bin/pip3 list --verbose
+		setuptools \
+		uv
+	@$@/bin/pip list --verbose
 
 devenv: .venv .vscode/settings.json .vscode/launch.json ## create a development environment (configs, virtual-env, hooks, ...)
-	$</bin/pip3 --quiet install -r requirements/devenv.txt
+	@uv pip --quiet install -r requirements/devenv.txt
 	# Installing pre-commit hooks in current .git repo
 	@$</bin/pre-commit install
 	@echo "To activate the venv, execute 'source .venv/bin/activate'"
@@ -730,7 +743,7 @@ _running_containers = $(shell docker ps -aq)
 
 clean-venv: devenv ## Purges .venv into original configuration
 	# Cleaning your venv
-	.venv/bin/pip-sync --quiet $(CURDIR)/requirements/devenv.txt
+	@uv pip sync  --quiet $(CURDIR)/requirements/devenv.txt
 	@pip list
 
 clean-hooks: ## Uninstalls git pre-commit hooks
diff --git a/api/specs/storage/scripts/Makefile b/api/specs/storage/scripts/Makefile
index d1b2cdab220..079fa84aed2 100644
--- a/api/specs/storage/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/api/specs/storage/scripts/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _check_venv_active:
 .PHONY: install
 install: _check_venv_active
 	@cd ./../../../../services/storage && make install-dev && cd -
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	@uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/api/specs/web-server/Makefile b/api/specs/web-server/Makefile
index 62fb51bbf35..4442c262d89 100644
--- a/api/specs/web-server/Makefile
+++ b/api/specs/web-server/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _check_venv_active:
 install-dev install: _check_venv_active
 	# installing webserver and requirements.txt
 	@cd ./../../../services/web/server && make install-dev && cd -
-	@pip install -r requirements.txt
+	@uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/api/tests/Makefile b/api/tests/Makefile
index 247eed4aa24..65a92697ac5 100644
--- a/api/tests/Makefile
+++ b/api/tests/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ all: install test-dev
 .PHONY: reqs
 requirements.txt: requirements.in
 	# pip compiling $<
-	pip-compile $(UPGRADE_OPTION) \
-		--build-isolation \
-		--strip-extras \
-		--resolver=backtracking \
+	uv pip compile $(UPGRADE_OPTION) \
 		--output-file $@ $<
 reqs: requirements.txt ## alias to compile requirements.txt
 
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ reqs: requirements.txt ## alias to compile requirements.txt
 .PHONY: install
 install: _check_venv_active requirements.txt ## installs dependencies
 	# installing requirements
-	pip-sync requirements.txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements.txt
 
 
 .PHONY: test-dev
diff --git a/ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash b/ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash
index 55f4ce2a835..96033632f29 100755
--- a/ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash
+++ b/ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/director-v2
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
   make info-images
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/integration-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash b/ci/github/integration-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
index b5ef61d71c5..bc49dee5727 100755
--- a/ci/github/integration-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
+++ b/ci/github/integration-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/dynamic-sidecar
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
   make info-images
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/integration-testing/simcore-sdk.bash b/ci/github/integration-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
index f32cd3006d4..884d6afc18f 100755
--- a/ci/github/integration-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
+++ b/ci/github/integration-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/simcore-sdk
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
   make info-images
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/integration-testing/webserver.bash b/ci/github/integration-testing/webserver.bash
index a39e21d3555..9fd9095c2a5 100755
--- a/ci/github/integration-testing/webserver.bash
+++ b/ci/github/integration-testing/webserver.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/web/server
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
   make info-images
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash b/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
index 4adef553713..88d45bd86a4 100755
--- a/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
+++ b/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG
 
 install() {
   make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/e2e-playwright
   make install-ci-up-simcore
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ install() {
 }
 
 test() {
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/e2e-playwright
   make test-sleepers
diff --git a/ci/github/system-testing/environment-setup.bash b/ci/github/system-testing/environment-setup.bash
index b537043dd99..25c9f274e86 100755
--- a/ci/github/system-testing/environment-setup.bash
+++ b/ci/github/system-testing/environment-setup.bash
@@ -2,20 +2,24 @@
 #
 
 # http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-set -o errexit   # abort on nonzero exitstatus
-set -o nounset   # abort on unbound variable
-set -o pipefail  # don't hide errors within pipes
+set -o errexit  # abort on nonzero exitstatus
+set -o nounset  # abort on unbound variable
+set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
+  make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/environment-setup
-  pip3 install -r requirements/ci.txt
+  make install-ci
   popd
-  make .env
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   pytest --color=yes -v tests/environment-setup --log-level=DEBUG --asyncio-mode=auto
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash b/ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash
index 7a22e8be0b8..96abf7d7004 100755
--- a/ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash
+++ b/ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash
@@ -11,27 +11,23 @@ set -o nounset  # abort on unbound variable
 set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
+  make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/public-api
-  pip3 install -r requirements/ci.txt
-  pip freeze
+  make install-ci
   popd
-  make .env
-  pip list -v
   make info-images
 }
 
 test() {
   # WARNING: this test is heavy. Due to limited CI machine power, please do not
   # add too much overhead (e.g. low log-level etc)
-  pytest \
-    --color=yes \
-    --keep-docker-up \
-    --durations=5 \
-    -v \
-    tests/public-api
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
+  pushd tests/public-api
+  make test-ci
 }
 
 clean_up() {
diff --git a/ci/github/system-testing/swarm-deploy.bash b/ci/github/system-testing/swarm-deploy.bash
index 36c5fbd1f0f..5d5feec710b 100755
--- a/ci/github/system-testing/swarm-deploy.bash
+++ b/ci/github/system-testing/swarm-deploy.bash
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
+  make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/swarm-deploy
-  pip3 install -r requirements/ci.txt
+  make install-ci
   popd
-  make .env
   pip list -v
   make info-images
 }
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ install() {
 test() {
   # WARNING: this test is heavy. Due to limited CI machine power, please do not
   # add too much overhead (e.g. low log-level etc)
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   pytest \
     --asyncio-mode=auto \
     --color=yes \
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/agent.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/agent.bash
index db54a21b879..24f50b446f1 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/agent.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/agent.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/agent
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/api-server.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/api-server.bash
index 6fb8858fa73..1e154413905 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/api-server.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/api-server.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/api-server
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ typecheck() {
   popd
 }
 
-openapi-diff(){
+openapi-diff() {
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/api-server
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/autoscaling.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/autoscaling.bash
index 55f33abeb0d..d718785b36b 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/autoscaling.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/autoscaling.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/autoscaling
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/aws-library.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/aws-library.bash
index 6250656e18f..04c13361fd4 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/aws-library.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/aws-library.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/aws-library
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/catalog.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/catalog.bash
index c85123ade63..e5d109e47d9 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/catalog.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/catalog.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/catalog
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-sidecar.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-sidecar.bash
index 853502fde5e..d054c8a3ffa 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-sidecar.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-sidecar.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/dask-sidecar
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-task-models-library.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-task-models-library.bash
index af3b3aae759..63676c7290b 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-task-models-library.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/dask-task-models-library.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/dask-task-models-library
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/datcore-adapter.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/datcore-adapter.bash
index 0b9bd84f4e5..a3fe1f1c3cb 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/datcore-adapter.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/datcore-adapter.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/datcore-adapter
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/director-v2.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/director-v2.bash
index a28fc7724d4..a01a1ac1662 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/director-v2.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/director-v2.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/director-v2
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/director.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/director.bash
index d6aa3f9c720..02eb7963108 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/director.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/director.bash
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ install() {
   pushd services/director
   pip3 install -r requirements/ci.txt
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ test() {
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/director
   pytest \
-		--color=yes \
-		--cov-append \
-		--cov-config=.coveragerc \
-		--cov-report=term-missing \
-		--cov-report=xml \
-		--cov=simcore_service_director \
-		--durations=10 \
-		--keep-docker-up \
-		--log-date-format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
+    --color=yes \
+    --cov-append \
+    --cov-config=.coveragerc \
+    --cov-report=term-missing \
+    --cov-report=xml \
+    --cov=simcore_service_director \
+    --durations=10 \
+    --keep-docker-up \
+    --log-date-format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
     --log-format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s" \
-		--verbose \
+    --verbose \
     tests/
   popd
 }
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-scheduler.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-scheduler.bash
index 7abe5ca0853..236454003d9 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-scheduler.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-scheduler.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/dynamic-scheduler
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
index 3101500d99b..f689f8828b2 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/dynamic-sidecar
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/invitations.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/invitations.bash
index c0c4be650ed..a9d4033c35a 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/invitations.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/invitations.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/invitations
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/models-library.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/models-library.bash
index 17834863eb5..f5d5647639b 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/models-library.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/models-library.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/models-library
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/payments.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/payments.bash
index 6f703a718d4..742a35e67fe 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/payments.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/payments.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/payments
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/postgres-database.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/postgres-database.bash
index fd613cf7b66..0d3df8694d9 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/postgres-database.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/postgres-database.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/postgres-database
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/python-linting.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/python-linting.bash
index 8cea7414cad..52471469354 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/python-linting.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/python-linting.bash
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
+  make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   bash ci/helpers/install_pylint.bash
   pip freeze
 }
 
 test() {
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
   make pylint
 }
 
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/service-integration.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/service-integration.bash
index c7492b07b94..76742bc7eba 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/service-integration.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/service-integration.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/service-integration
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/service-library.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/service-library.bash
index c0f22069453..d4eec6b08b1 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/service-library.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/service-library.bash
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 # NOTE: notice that the CI uses [all]
-# TODO: add STEPS where pip-sync individual extras and test separately
 install_all() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/service-library
   make "install-ci[all]"
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test_all() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/settings-library.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/settings-library.bash
index 2cc53a33e05..dfe75b73f95 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/settings-library.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/settings-library.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/settings-library
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/simcore-sdk.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
index bbda509702a..de45e9d9d68 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/simcore-sdk.bash
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=$(exec ci/helpers/build_docker_image_tag.bash)
 export DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd packages/simcore-sdk
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/storage.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/storage.bash
index 1f9f258b3e6..ac7adbe7359 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/storage.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/storage.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/storage
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 test() {
diff --git a/ci/github/unit-testing/webserver.bash b/ci/github/unit-testing/webserver.bash
index b2f721ff080..e3522edf889 100755
--- a/ci/github/unit-testing/webserver.bash
+++ b/ci/github/unit-testing/webserver.bash
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 install() {
-  bash ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
   make devenv
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd services/web/server
   make install-ci
   popd
-  .venv/bin/pip list --verbose
+  pip list --verbose
 }
 
 # isolated = these tests are (IMO) real unit tests, they do not need any dependencies and were already in the root test/unit folder before
diff --git a/ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash b/ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
index b236f2901c1..e18b9839347 100755
--- a/ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
+++ b/ci/helpers/ensure_python_pip.bash
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python -m ensurepip
 
 echo "INFO:" "$(pip --version)" "@" "$(command -v pip)"
 
-pip3 install --upgrade \
+pip install --upgrade \
   pip~=$PIP_VERSION \
   wheel \
   setuptools
diff --git a/ci/helpers/install_pylint.bash b/ci/helpers/install_pylint.bash
index d2ab10cc81b..4abdf8786f6 100755
--- a/ci/helpers/install_pylint.bash
+++ b/ci/helpers/install_pylint.bash
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ CURDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
 REQUIREMENTS=packages/service-library/requirements/_tools.txt
 PYLINT_VERSION="$(grep pylint== $REQUIREMENTS | awk '{print $1}')"
-pip3 install "$PYLINT_VERSION"
+uv pip install "$PYLINT_VERSION"
 
 # Minimal packages to pass linter
-pip install -r "$CURDIR/requirements.txt"
+uv pip install -r "$CURDIR/requirements.txt"
 
 echo "INFO:" "$(pylint --version)" "@" "$(command -v pylint)"
diff --git a/ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash b/ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
index d52f18166b3..f8e076066fc 100755
--- a/ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
+++ b/ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
@@ -14,30 +14,44 @@ lsb_release -a
 
 echo "------------------------------ python -----------------------------------"
 if command -v python; then
-    python --version
+  python --version
 fi
 
 echo "------------------------------ python3 -----------------------------------"
 if command -v python3; then
-    python3 --version
+  python3 --version
+fi
+
+echo "------------------------------ pip -----------------------------------"
+if command -v pip; then
+  pip --version
+  echo "cache location:"
+  pip cache dir
+fi
+
+echo "------------------------------ uv -----------------------------------"
+if command -v uv; then
+  uv --version
+  echo "cache location:"
+  uv cache dir
 fi
 
 echo "------------------------------ docker -----------------------------------"
 if command -v docker; then
-    docker version
+  docker version
 fi
 
 echo "------------------------------ docker buildx-----------------------------------"
 if command -v docker; then
-    docker buildx version
+  docker buildx version
 fi
 
 echo "------------------------------ docker-compose -----------------------------------"
 if command -v docker-compose; then
-    docker-compose version
+  docker-compose version
 fi
 
 echo "------------------------------ docker compose -----------------------------------"
 if command -v docker; then
-    docker compose version
+  docker compose version
 fi
diff --git a/packages/aws-library/Makefile b/packages/aws-library/Makefile
index d7bf9225383..5d51eae37f1 100644
--- a/packages/aws-library/Makefile
+++ b/packages/aws-library/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
diff --git a/packages/aws-library/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/aws-library/requirements/ci.txt
index 0672404f4ca..89277c22256 100644
--- a/packages/aws-library/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/aws-library/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../pytest-simcore/
-../models-library/
-../service-library/
-../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-service-library @ ../service-library/
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-aws-library @ .
diff --git a/packages/aws-library/requirements/dev.txt b/packages/aws-library/requirements/dev.txt
index 9017cb30880..09052e9a264 100644
--- a/packages/aws-library/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/packages/aws-library/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
---editable ../pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 --editable ../models-library/
 --editable ../service-library/
 --editable ../settings-library/
diff --git a/packages/aws-library/src/aws_library/__init__.py b/packages/aws-library/src/aws_library/__init__.py
index 8abb76e0ad2..4f4d58a4a0a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-library/src/aws_library/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/aws-library/src/aws_library/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-aws-library").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-aws-library")
diff --git a/packages/dask-task-models-library/Makefile b/packages/dask-task-models-library/Makefile
index a8fff267681..35965b4e07a 100644
--- a/packages/dask-task-models-library/Makefile
+++ b/packages/dask-task-models-library/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
diff --git a/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/ci.txt
index b8e5d4577dc..562a0c1c642 100644
--- a/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../pytest-simcore/
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ .
diff --git a/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/__init__.py b/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/__init__.py
index 6a7f93bb57b..c5eb71c445e 100644
--- a/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-    "simcore-dask-task-models-library"
-).version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-dask-task-models-library")
diff --git a/packages/models-library/Makefile b/packages/models-library/Makefile
index 0279fbedfa8..82988966676 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/Makefile
+++ b/packages/models-library/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ docker_rest_api.py: ## auto-generates pydantic models for Docker REST API models
 .PHONY: _erdantic
 _erdantic: _check_venv_active
 	# ensures erdantic installed
-	@python3 -c "import erdantic" 2>/dev/null || pip install erdantic
+	@python3 -c "import erdantic" 2>/dev/null || uv pip install erdantic
 
 erd-Project.svg: _erdantic
 	erdantic models_library.projects.Project \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ DOWNLOADED_TEST_DATA_DIR = "$(CURDIR)/tests/data/.downloaded-ignore"
 .PHONY: _httpx
 _httpx: _check_venv_active
 	# ensures requirements installed
-	@python3 -c "import httpx" 2>/dev/null || pip install httpx
+	@python3 -c "import httpx" 2>/dev/null || uv pip install httpx
 
 PHONY: pull_test_data
 pull_test_data: $(DOT_ENV_FILE) _httpx ## downloads tests data from registry (this can take some time!)
diff --git a/packages/models-library/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/models-library/requirements/ci.txt
index 4a217c5215d..e8e9fd2aeab 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/models-library/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../postgres-database/[migration]
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-postgres-database[migration] @ ../postgres-database/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-models-library @ .
diff --git a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/__init__.py b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/__init__.py
index 767abb3e3d1..94f1dfccf3c 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 """ osparc's service models library
 
 """
+
 #
 # NOTE:
 #   - "examples" = [ ...] keyword and NOT "example". See https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/generic.html#annotations
 #
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-models-library").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-models-library")
diff --git a/packages/models-library/tests/test_clusters.py b/packages/models-library/tests/test_clusters.py
index 842b5929236..258bdc006f4 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/tests/test_clusters.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/tests/test_clusters.py
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
     CLUSTER_USER_RIGHTS,
     DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ID,
     Cluster,
-    ClusterTypeInModel,
 )
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
-from simcore_postgres_database.models.clusters import ClusterType
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -90,23 +88,3 @@ def test_cluster_fails_when_owner_has_no_user_rights_if_default_cluster(
         modified_example["access_rights"][owner_gid] = CLUSTER_ADMIN_RIGHTS
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
             model_cls(**modified_example)
-
-
-def test_cluster_type_in_model_includes_postgres_database_model():
-    models_library_cluster_types_names: set[str] = {
-        t.name for t in set(ClusterTypeInModel)
-    }
-    postgres_library_cluster_types_names: set[str] = {t.name for t in set(ClusterType)}
-    assert postgres_library_cluster_types_names.issubset(
-        models_library_cluster_types_names
-    )
-
-    models_library_cluster_types_values: set[str] = {
-        t.value for t in set(ClusterTypeInModel)
-    }  # type: ignore
-    postgres_library_cluster_types_values: set[str] = {
-        t.value for t in set(ClusterType)
-    }
-    assert postgres_library_cluster_types_values.issubset(
-        models_library_cluster_types_values
-    )
diff --git a/packages/models-library/tests/test_projects.py b/packages/models-library/tests/test_projects.py
index ecd6533ea83..6ed0c877f13 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/tests/test_projects.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/tests/test_projects.py
@@ -40,13 +40,3 @@ def test_project_with_thumbnail_as_empty_string(minimal_project: dict[str, Any])
 
     assert project
     assert project.thumbnail is None
-
-
-def test_project_type_in_models_package_same_as_in_postgres_database_package():
-    from models_library.projects import ProjectType as ml_project_type
-    from simcore_postgres_database.models.projects import ProjectType as pg_project_type
-
-    # pylint: disable=no-member
-    assert (
-        ml_project_type.__members__.keys() == pg_project_type.__members__.keys()
-    ), f"The enum in models_library package and postgres package shall have the same values. models_pck: {ml_project_type.__members__}, postgres_pck: {pg_project_type.__members__}"
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/Makefile b/packages/postgres-database/Makefile
index 3e76e88d0d0..46338c5dc27 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/Makefile
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/doc/database-models.md b/packages/postgres-database/doc/database-models.md
index 48b61ea4dbd..e7bbe4eaf48 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/doc/database-models.md
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/doc/database-models.md
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ cd packages/postgres-database
 make install-dev
 
 cd scripts
-pip install eralchemy
+uv pip install eralchemy
 python create_erd.py
 ```
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/docker/Dockerfile b/packages/postgres-database/docker/Dockerfile
index 017f277618b..9ef018fdc89 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get clean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ ARG GIT_BRANCH
 ARG GIT_REPOSITORY
 
 RUN git clone --single-branch --branch ${GIT_BRANCH} ${GIT_REPOSITORY} osparc-simcore\
-  && pip install osparc-simcore/packages/postgres-database[migration]
+  && uv pip install osparc-simcore/packages/postgres-database[migration]
 
 FROM base as production
 
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/ci.txt
index b12bf394c2e..b901feff8e4 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
---editable ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-postgres-database @ .
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/prod.txt b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/prod.txt
index 20e0f06f33c..c4567926c6d 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 --requirement _migration.txt
 
-.
+simcore-postgres-database @ .
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/__init__.py b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/__init__.py
index 897be83b3ed..9a34ac80a31 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from . import storage_models, webserver_models
 from .models.base import metadata
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-postgres-database").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-postgres-database")
 
 __all__: tuple[str, ...] = (
     "metadata",
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/setup.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/setup.py
index b9ee764e695..aeeaca60b0e 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/setup.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/setup.py
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 
 CURRENT_DIR = Path(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__).resolve().parent
 
-SETUP = dict(
-    name="pytest-simcore",
-    version=Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
-    author=", ".join(
+SETUP = {
+    "name": "pytest-simcore",
+    "version": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
+    "author": ", ".join(
         (
             "Pedro Crespo-Valero (pcrespov)",
             "Sylvain Anderegg (sanderegg)",
         )
     ),
-    description="pytest plugin with fixtures and test helpers for osparc-simcore repo modules",
-    py_modules=["pytest_simcore"],
+    "description": "pytest plugin with fixtures and test helpers for osparc-simcore repo modules",
+    "py_modules": ["pytest_simcore"],
     # WARNING: this is used in frozen services as well !!!!
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
-    install_requires=["pytest>=3.5.0"],
-    extras_require={
+    "python_requires": ">=3.6",
+    "install_requires": ["pytest>=3.5.0"],
+    "extras_require": {
         "all": [
             "aio-pika",
             "aiohttp",
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
             "yarl",
         ],
     },
-    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    classifiers=[
+    "packages": find_packages(where="src"),
+    "package_dir": {"": "src"},
+    "classifiers": [
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Framework :: Pytest",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     ],
-    entry_points={"pytest11": ["simcore = pytest_simcore"]},
-)
+    "entry_points": {"pytest11": ["simcore = pytest_simcore"]},
+}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/__init__.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/__init__.py
index faa4c7bcd8f..79d0b268b64 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Collection of tests fixtures for integration testing
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
 import pytest
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("pytest-simcore").version
+__version__: str = version("pytest-simcore")
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/utils_tokens.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/utils_tokens.py
index 10be35bdfbc..cce4b12710e 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/utils_tokens.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/utils_tokens.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from servicelib.common_aiopg_utils import DSN
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_password
 from simcore_service_webserver.db.models import metadata, tokens, users
-from simcore_service_webserver.login.utils import get_random_string
 from sqlalchemy import JSON, String, cast
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_  # , or_, not_
 
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ async def create_token_in_db(engine, **data):
     # TODO change by faker?
     params = {
         "user_id": random.randint(0, 3),
-        "token_service": get_random_string(5),
+        "token_service": generate_password(5),
         "token_data": {
-            "token_secret": get_random_string(3),
-            "token_key": get_random_string(4),
+            "token_secret": generate_password(3),
+            "token_key": generate_password(4),
         },
     }
     params.update(data)
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/Dockerfile b/packages/service-integration/Dockerfile
index bf1bf6df21e..ccba22a10ae 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/service-integration/Dockerfile
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim-buster as base
 
 LABEL maintainer=pcrespov
 
-RUN set -eux \
+# for docker apt caching to work this needs to be added: [https://vsupalov.com/buildkit-cache-mount-dockerfile/]
+RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean && \
+  echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep-cache
+RUN  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
+  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
+  set -eux \
   && apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   git \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && apt-get clean -y \
   # verify that the binary works
   && git --version
 
@@ -29,9 +34,11 @@ RUN adduser \
 
 # Sets utf-8 encoding for Python et al
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
 # Turns off writing .pyc files; superfluous on an ephemeral container.
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
   VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/scu/.venv
+
 # Ensures that the python and pip executables used
 # in the image will be those from our virtualenv.
 ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:$PATH"
@@ -41,35 +48,36 @@ ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:$PATH"
 
 FROM base as build
 
-RUN apt-get update \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
+  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
+  set -eux \
+  apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  build-essential \
-  && apt-get clean \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
 
-WORKDIR /build
+WORKDIR /build/packages/service-integration
 
-COPY --chown=scu:scu packages/models-library packages/models-library
-COPY --chown=scu:scu packages/service-integration packages/service-integration
-
-
-# WARNING: keep synced with `make install-prod` (did not use it directly because if would require copying scripts/common.Makefile and other parts of the repo)
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  cd packages/service-integration \
-  && pip install -r requirements/_base.txt \
-  && pip install ../models-library/ \
-  && pip install .
+RUN \
+  --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
+  --mount=type=bind,source=packages/service-integration,target=/build/packages/service-integration,rw \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
+  --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
+  && pip list -v
 
 
 # -------------------------- Build stage -------------------
@@ -78,6 +86,12 @@ FROM base as development
 # NOTE: this is necessary to allow to build development images but is the same as production here
 FROM base as production
 
+ENV PYTHONOPTIMIZE=TRUE
+
+WORKDIR /home/scu
+# ensure home folder is read/writable for user scu
+RUN chown -R scu /home/scu
+
 USER scu
 
 COPY --from=build --chown=scu:scu ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/Makefile b/packages/service-integration/Makefile
index ad12089fa46..d1f4b125f7a 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/Makefile
+++ b/packages/service-integration/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/service-integration/requirements/ci.txt
index a15da8728f7..9b4e9f16e2b 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/service-integration/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 --requirement _test.txt
 
-../models-library/
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-service-integration @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/requirements/prod.txt b/packages/service-integration/requirements/prod.txt
index 3009f906b50..deb20913395 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/packages/service-integration/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # installs base + tests requirements
 --requirement _base.txt
 
-../models-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-service-integration @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/setup.py b/packages/service-integration/setup.py
index 579bae96f75..45675738a90 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/setup.py
+++ b/packages/service-integration/setup.py
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
 )  # STRICT requirements
 
 
-SETUP = dict(
-    name="simcore-service-integration",
-    version=Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
-    author=", ".join(
+SETUP = {
+    "name": "simcore-service-integration",
+    "version": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
+    "author": ", ".join(
         (
             "Pedro Crespo-Valero (pcrespov)",
             "Sylvain Anderegg (sanderegg)",
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
             "Andrei Neagu (GitHK)",
         )
     ),
-    description="Toolkit for service integration",
-    classifiers=[
+    "description": "Toolkit for service integration",
+    "classifiers": [
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
@@ -63,24 +63,24 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Framework :: Pytest",
     ],
-    long_description=Path(CURRENT_DIR / "README.md").read_text(),
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
-    license="MIT license",
-    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS,
-    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={
+    "long_description": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "README.md").read_text(),
+    "python_requires": ">=3.6",
+    "license": "MIT license",
+    "install_requires": INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS,
+    "packages": find_packages(where="src"),
+    "package_dir": {"": "src"},
+    "include_package_data": True,
+    "package_data": {
         "": [
             "service/tests/**/*.py",
             "service/tests/unit/*.py",
         ]
     },
-    test_suite="tests",
-    tests_require=TEST_REQUIREMENTS,
-    extras_require={},
-    zip_safe=False,
-    entry_points={
+    "test_suite": "tests",
+    "tests_require": TEST_REQUIREMENTS,
+    "extras_require": {},
+    "zip_safe": False,
+    "entry_points": {
         "console_scripts": [
             "ooil=service_integration.cli:app",
             "osparc-service-integrator=service_integration.cli:app",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
         ],
         "pytest11": ["simcore_service_integration=service_integration.pytest_plugin"],
     },
-)
+}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/src/service_integration/_meta.py b/packages/service-integration/src/service_integration/_meta.py
index 5bb808b8a43..5ae5c009ccf 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/src/service_integration/_meta.py
+++ b/packages/service-integration/src/service_integration/_meta.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import pkg_resources
-from models_library.services import LATEST_INTEGRATION_VERSION
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
 
-# TODO: replace pkg_resources with https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html which is backported from py3.7 and 3.8
+from models_library.services import LATEST_INTEGRATION_VERSION
 
-current_distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-service-integration")
-project_name: str = current_distribution.project_name
-__version__ = current_distribution.version
+current_distribution = distribution("simcore-service-integration")
+project_name: str = current_distribution.metadata["Name"]
+__version__ = version("simcore-service-integration")
 
 
 INTEGRATION_API_VERSION = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/service-library/Makefile b/packages/service-library/Makefile
index 26c0740b96c..8e2c1a8b476 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/Makefile
+++ b/packages/service-library/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ help:	## overwrites and calls common help function
 
 install-%: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 APP_PACKAGE_NAME=servicelib
 .PHONY: test-dev
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci.txt
index ef456141c12..4d4dea58c9f 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-service-library @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[aiohttp].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[aiohttp].txt
index 999be8513b7..721950755b5 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[aiohttp].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[aiohttp].txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.[aiohttp]
+simcore-service-library[aiohttp] @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[all].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[all].txt
index e1577366746..f7610e97111 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[all].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[all].txt
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.[all]
+simcore-service-library[all] @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[fastapi].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[fastapi].txt
index 66004bb0a0d..c2c337fd4c0 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[fastapi].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/ci[fastapi].txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
-../pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.[fastapi]
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ .
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[aiohttp].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[aiohttp].txt
index 3fe16a99369..5e0ae847c64 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[aiohttp].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[aiohttp].txt
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 --editable ../pytest-simcore/
 
 # current module
---editable ."[aiohttp]"
+--editable .[aiohttp]
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[all].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[all].txt
index 1f86df11a25..b372254b325 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[all].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[all].txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 --editable ../pytest-simcore/
 
 # current module
---editable ."[all]"
+--editable .[all]
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[fastapi].txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[fastapi].txt
index 6c5c5ccbe45..caea1c80fd5 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[fastapi].txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/dev[fastapi].txt
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 --editable ../pytest-simcore/
 
 # current module
---editable ."[fastapi]"
+--editable .[fastapi]
diff --git a/packages/service-library/setup.py b/packages/service-library/setup.py
index b12985b1cd7..d853bc865fd 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/setup.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/setup.py
@@ -29,25 +29,25 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
 TEST_REQUIREMENTS = read_reqs(CURRENT_DIR / "requirements" / "_test.txt")
 
 
-SETUP = dict(
-    name="simcore-service-library",
-    version=Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
-    author="Pedro Crespo-Valero (pcrespov)",
-    description="Core service library for simcore (or servicelib)",
-    license="MIT license",
-    python_requires="~=3.10",
-    install_requires=tuple(PROD_REQUIREMENTS),
-    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    test_suite="tests",
-    tests_require=tuple(TEST_REQUIREMENTS),
-    extras_require={
-        "test": tuple(TEST_REQUIREMENTS),
+SETUP = {
+    "author": "Pedro Crespo-Valero (pcrespov)",
+    "description": "Core service library for simcore (or servicelib)",
+    "extras_require": {
         "aiohttp": tuple(AIOHTTP_REQUIREMENTS),
-        "fastapi": tuple(FASTAPI_REQUIREMENTS),
         "all": tuple(AIOHTTP_REQUIREMENTS | FASTAPI_REQUIREMENTS),
+        "fastapi": tuple(FASTAPI_REQUIREMENTS),
+        "test": tuple(TEST_REQUIREMENTS),
     },
-)
+    "install_requires": tuple(PROD_REQUIREMENTS),
+    "license": "MIT license",
+    "name": "simcore-service-library",
+    "package_dir": {"": "src"},
+    "packages": find_packages(where="src"),
+    "python_requires": "~=3.10",
+    "test_suite": "tests",
+    "tests_require": tuple(TEST_REQUIREMENTS),
+    "version": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
+}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/__init__.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/__init__.py
index 073fcc30388..ee9e729caaf 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 """
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-service-library").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-service-library")
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/resources.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/resources.py
index df90b659afe..614434378d1 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/resources.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/resources.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 See https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
 """
+
 import pathlib
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from importlib.resources import files
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class DataResourcesFacade:
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class DataResourcesFacade:
     distribution_name: str
 
     def exists(self, resource_name: str) -> bool:
-        return pkg_resources.resource_exists(self.package_name, resource_name)
+        path = self.get_path(resource_name)
+
+        return path.exists()
 
     def get_path(self, resource_name: str) -> Path:
         """Returns a path to a resource
@@ -30,9 +32,8 @@ def get_path(self, resource_name: str) -> Path:
         WARNING: existence of file is not guaranteed
         WARNING: resource files are supposed to be used as read-only!
         """
-        return pathlib.Path(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename(self.package_name, resource_name)
-        )
+        ref = files(self.distribution_name.replace("-", "_")) / resource_name
+        return pathlib.Path(f"{ref}")
 
 
 # resources env keys
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/utils_meta.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/utils_meta.py
index 7732081eced..e3f81ec0fb7 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/utils_meta.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/utils_meta.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 """  Utilities to implement _meta.py
 
 """
-from contextlib import suppress
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+
 from packaging.version import Version
-from pkg_resources import Distribution
 
 
 class PackageInfo:
@@ -27,11 +26,11 @@ def __init__(self, package_name: str):
         """
         package_name: as defined in 'setup.name'
         """
-        self._distribution: Distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution(package_name)
+        self._distribution = distribution(package_name)
 
     @property
     def project_name(self) -> str:
-        return self._distribution.project_name
+        return self._distribution.metadata["Name"]
 
     @property
     def version(self) -> Version:
@@ -47,14 +46,7 @@ def api_prefix_path_tag(self) -> str:
         return f"v{self.version.major}"
 
     def get_summary(self) -> str:
-        with suppress(Exception):
-            try:
-                metadata = self._distribution.get_metadata_lines("METADATA")
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                metadata = self._distribution.get_metadata_lines("PKG-INFO")
-
-            return next(x.split(":") for x in metadata if x.startswith("Summary:"))[-1]
-        return ""
+        return self._distribution.metadata.get_all("Summary", [""])[-1]
 
     def get_finished_banner(self) -> str:
         return "{:=^100}".format(
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/Makefile b/packages/settings-library/Makefile
index 487c0fc825d..d7fd27a9195 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/Makefile
+++ b/packages/settings-library/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests tests-ci
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/settings-library/requirements/ci.txt
index 18b9cd124df..9feda17bfaa 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/settings-library/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
 
 # current module
-.
+simcore-settings-library @ .
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/setup.py b/packages/settings-library/setup.py
index 1855048feac..6c28626129d 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/setup.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/setup.py
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
 
 
 SETUP = {
-    "name": "simcore-settings-library",
-    "version": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
     "author": ", ".join(
         (
             "Pedro Crespo-Valero (pcrespov)",
             "Sylvain Anderegg (sanderegg)",
         )
     ),
+    "name": "simcore-settings-library",
+    "version": Path(CURRENT_DIR / "VERSION").read_text().strip(),
     "description": "Library with common pydantic settings",
     # SEE https://pypi.org/classifiers/
     "classifiers": [
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/__init__.py b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/__init__.py
index 31a9a9f7576..f36b602b994 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-settings-library").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-settings-library")
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/Makefile b/packages/simcore-sdk/Makefile
index f05e85fd985..3e2ca6a7449 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/Makefile
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include ../../scripts/common-package.Makefile
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 .PHONY: tests-unit tests-unit-ci tests-integration tests-integration-ci tests
 tests-unit: ## runs unit tests
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_test.txt b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_test.txt
index 9868041c80a..7c38a831075 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ aioboto3==9.6.0
     #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
 aiobotocore==2.3.0
-    # via
-    #   aioboto3
-    #   aiobotocore
+    # via aioboto3
 aiohttp==3.8.6
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ aiohttp==3.8.6
     #   pytest-aiohttp
 aioitertools==0.11.0
     # via aiobotocore
-aioresponses==0.7.4
+aioresponses==0.7.6
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via
@@ -272,9 +270,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 python-jose==3.3.0
-    # via
-    #   moto
-    #   python-jose
+    # via moto
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/ci.txt b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/ci.txt
index 5b661d543e3..25fcdd73354 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../postgres-database
-../pytest-simcore/
-../models-library/
-../settings-library/
-
-# FIXME: these dependencies should be removed
-../service-library/
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../postgres-database
+pytest-simcore @ ../pytest-simcore
+simcore-models-library @ ../models-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../settings-library/
+simcore-service-library @ ../service-library/
 
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-sdk @ .
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/src/simcore_sdk/__init__.py b/packages/simcore-sdk/src/simcore_sdk/__init__.py
index 9faf154bb7e..cf884cf3d1d 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/src/simcore_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/src/simcore_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 """
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-sdk").version
+__version__: str = version("simcore-sdk")
diff --git a/requirements/base.Makefile b/requirements/base.Makefile
index fc33d5107b5..658099c0e47 100644
--- a/requirements/base.Makefile
+++ b/requirements/base.Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ touch:
 	@$(foreach p,${objects},touch ${p};)
 
 
-check: ## Checks whether pip-compile is installed
-	@which pip-compile > /dev/null
+check: ## Checks whether uv is installed
+	@which uv > /dev/null
 
 
 clean: check ## Cleans all requirements/*.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ help: ## this colorful help
 #
 %.txt: %.in
 	cd ..; \
-	pip-compile $(UPGRADE_OPTION) \
-		--build-isolation \
-		--strip-extras \
-		--resolver=backtracking \
+	uv pip compile $(UPGRADE_OPTION) \
 		--output-file requirements/$@ requirements/$<
 
 _test.txt: _base.txt
diff --git a/requirements/how-to-unify-versions.md b/requirements/how-to-unify-versions.md
index 5dc99cd921b..37842e171dd 100644
--- a/requirements/how-to-unify-versions.md
+++ b/requirements/how-to-unify-versions.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ do
 done
 ```
 
-It would also be possible to upgrade them simultaneously by using ``--upgrade`` multiple times as ``pip-compile --upgrade X --upgrade Y ...``
+It would also be possible to upgrade them simultaneously by using ``--upgrade`` multiple times as ``uv pip compile --upgrade X --upgrade Y ...``
 but we prefer to do it one by one and commit changes so that any issue can be tracked to the library upgrade
 
 
diff --git a/requirements/tools/Dockerfile b/requirements/tools/Dockerfile
index 0e255031603..f3798ad33ca 100644
--- a/requirements/tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/requirements/tools/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
   pip install --upgrade \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
-  setuptools
+  setuptools \
+  uv
 
 
 # devenv
diff --git a/requirements/tools/Makefile b/requirements/tools/Makefile
index 6da04f61774..e1dd0c246ef 100644
--- a/requirements/tools/Makefile
+++ b/requirements/tools/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ reqs-services: guard-UPGRADE_OPTION ## updates a give package on a service (e.g.
 reqs-ci: ## upgrades requirements for pylint recipe in CI
 	cd $(REPODIR)/ci/helpers \
 	&& rm requirements.txt \
-	&& pip-compile --resolver=backtracking --strip-extras requirements.in
+	&& uv pip compile --resolver=backtracking --strip-extras requirements.in
 
 IMAGE_NAME:=local/python-devkit:${PYTHON_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/scripts/common-service.Makefile b/scripts/common-service.Makefile
index b57380c1c45..6dc787b8b79 100644
--- a/scripts/common-service.Makefile
+++ b/scripts/common-service.Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export APP_VERSION
 
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# Installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+
 
 
 .PHONY: test-dev-unit test-ci-unit test-dev-integration test-ci-integration test-dev
diff --git a/services/agent/Dockerfile b/services/agent/Dockerfile
index 2bfe2d5b444..27a7af3ce89 100644
--- a/services/agent/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/agent/Dockerfile
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -90,8 +93,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/agent/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/agent
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/agent,target=/build/services/agent,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/agent/docker/boot.sh b/services/agent/docker/boot.sh
index 5d8d57650dd..956717e8544 100755
--- a/services/agent/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/agent/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/agent || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ AGENT_SERVER_REMOTE_DEBUG_PORT=3000
 SERVER_LOG_LEVEL=$(echo "${APP_LOG_LEVEL}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 echo "$INFO" "Log-level app/server: $APP_LOG_LEVEL/$SERVER_LOG_LEVEL"
 
-
 if [ "${SC_BOOT_MODE}" = "debug" ]; then
   reload_dir_packages=$(find /devel/packages -maxdepth 3 -type d -path "*/src/*" ! -path "*.*" -exec echo '--reload-dir {} \' \;)
 
diff --git a/services/agent/requirements/ci.txt b/services/agent/requirements/ci.txt
index 04bec253a17..9bb78c69f29 100644
--- a/services/agent/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/agent/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-agent @ .
diff --git a/services/agent/requirements/prod.txt b/services/agent/requirements/prod.txt
index acf5da3c628..26afb420d40 100644
--- a/services/agent/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/agent/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/service-library
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-agent @ .
diff --git a/services/agent/src/simcore_service_agent/_meta.py b/services/agent/src/simcore_service_agent/_meta.py
index a4494809785..f7c328ab2aa 100644
--- a/services/agent/src/simcore_service_agent/_meta.py
+++ b/services/agent/src/simcore_service_agent/_meta.py
@@ -1,30 +1,23 @@
 """ Application's metadata
 
 """
-from contextlib import suppress
+
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
 from typing import Final
 
-import pkg_resources
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-_current_distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-service-agent")
-__version__: str = _current_distribution.version
+_current_distribution = distribution("simcore-service-agent")
+__version__: str = version("simcore-service-agent")
 
 
-APP_NAME: Final[str] = _current_distribution.project_name
+APP_NAME: Final[str] = _current_distribution.metadata["Name"]
 VERSION: Final[Version] = Version(__version__)
 API_VTAG: str = f"v{VERSION.major}"
 
 
 def get_summary() -> str:
-    with suppress(Exception):
-        try:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("METADATA")
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("PKG-INFO")
-
-        return next(x.split(":") for x in metadata if x.startswith("Summary:"))[-1]
-    return ""
+    return _current_distribution.metadata.get_all("Summary", [""])[-1]
 
 
 SUMMARY: Final[str] = get_summary()
diff --git a/services/api-server/Dockerfile b/services/api-server/Dockerfile
index a70c63d5442..f11ed34e33a 100644
--- a/services/api-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/api-server/Dockerfile
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/api-server
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/api-server,target=/build/services/api-server,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/api-server/docker/boot.sh b/services/api-server/docker/boot.sh
index ae26203b4aa..e62bd5a3141 100755
--- a/services/api-server/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/api-server/docker/boot.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/api-server || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
index daabaf8147c..38b5efe80fb 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -291,9 +291,11 @@ pamqp==3.2.1
 pint==0.22
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
 prometheus-client==0.19.0
-    # via prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.6
     # via
     #   aiopg
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
index f888675c18c..05908275cb2 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ aiohttp==3.8.5
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aioresponses
-aioresponses==0.7.5
+aioresponses==0.7.6
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ click==8.1.3
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
     #   flask
 coverage==7.3.2
-    # via
-    #   coverage
-    #   pytest-cov
+    # via pytest-cov
 cryptography==41.0.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -270,9 +268,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   faker
     #   moto
 python-jose==3.3.0
-    # via
-    #   moto
-    #   python-jose
+    # via moto
 pytz==2023.3.post1
     # via moto
 pyyaml==6.0.1
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/ci.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/ci.txt
index 0f027a404fb..7ea96c9234e 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-api-server @ .
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/prod.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/prod.txt
index 960f670e55b..a8fc2fb9e80 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/service-library
-../../packages/settings-library/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-api-server @ .
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/Dockerfile b/services/autoscaling/Dockerfile
index 948a7f5a6a3..c05adcbafb8 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/autoscaling/Dockerfile
@@ -89,13 +89,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/autoscaling/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/autoscaling
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/autoscaling,target=/build/services/autoscaling,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/docker/boot.sh b/services/autoscaling/docker/boot.sh
index 64c2c6c7c62..21f8e0648f1 100755
--- a/services/autoscaling/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/autoscaling/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/autoscaling || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/requirements/ci.txt b/services/autoscaling/requirements/ci.txt
index 4adf7f199a7..6ae3d42db4f 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/autoscaling/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-autoscaling @ .
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/requirements/prod.txt b/services/autoscaling/requirements/prod.txt
index 9452305726e..ee043c82eab 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/autoscaling/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-autoscaling @ .
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/setup.py b/services/autoscaling/setup.py
index 3d3d1786928..2cdde15f3ed 100755
--- a/services/autoscaling/setup.py
+++ b/services/autoscaling/setup.py
@@ -42,30 +42,30 @@ def read_reqs(reqs_path: Path) -> set[str]:
 
 TEST_REQUIREMENTS = tuple(read_reqs(CURRENT_DIR / "requirements" / "_test.txt"))
 
-SETUP = dict(
-    name=NAME,
-    version=VERSION,
-    author=AUTHORS,
-    description=DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description=README,
-    license="MIT license",
-    python_requires="~=3.10",
-    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
-    package_dir={
+SETUP = {
+    "name": NAME,
+    "version": VERSION,
+    "author": AUTHORS,
+    "description": DESCRIPTION,
+    "long_description": README,
+    "license": "MIT license",
+    "python_requires": "~=3.10",
+    "packages": find_packages(where="src"),
+    "package_dir": {
         "": "src",
     },
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=PROD_REQUIREMENTS,
-    test_suite="tests",
-    tests_require=TEST_REQUIREMENTS,
-    extras_require={"test": TEST_REQUIREMENTS},
-    entry_points={
+    "include_package_data": True,
+    "install_requires": PROD_REQUIREMENTS,
+    "test_suite": "tests",
+    "tests_require": TEST_REQUIREMENTS,
+    "extras_require": {"test": TEST_REQUIREMENTS},
+    "entry_points": {
         "console_scripts": [
             "simcore-service-autoscaling = simcore_service_autoscaling.cli:main",
             "simcore-service = simcore_service_autoscaling.cli:main",
         ],
     },
-)
+}
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(**SETUP)
diff --git a/services/catalog/Dockerfile b/services/catalog/Dockerfile
index 80c8127ac30..88bd6fb350e 100644
--- a/services/catalog/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/catalog/Dockerfile
@@ -70,12 +70,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
+
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +90,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -106,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/catalog
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/catalog,target=/build/services/catalog,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/catalog/docker/boot.sh b/services/catalog/docker/boot.sh
index 361580acee4..4c9268e8d3f 100755
--- a/services/catalog/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/catalog/docker/boot.sh
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/catalog || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
 fi
 
-
 # RUNNING application ----------------------------------------
 APP_LOG_LEVEL=${CATALOG_LOGLEVEL:-${LOG_LEVEL:-${LOGLEVEL:-INFO}}}
 SERVER_LOG_LEVEL=$(echo "${APP_LOG_LEVEL}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
index 2b809a5b424..5be13e22b66 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ fastapi==0.96.0
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 frozenlist==1.3.3
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -202,6 +203,12 @@ packaging==23.1
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.6
     # via sqlalchemy
 pydantic==1.9.0
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/_test.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/_test.txt
index fc7734635fe..4dad9071537 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ click==8.1.3
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
 coverage==7.3.2
-    # via
-    #   coverage
-    #   pytest-cov
+    # via pytest-cov
 docker==6.1.3
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 exceptiongroup==1.1.3
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/ci.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/ci.txt
index 5387291c154..246c4b290a4 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-catalog @ .
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/prod.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/prod.txt
index a7ea4f35c59..a830c6815bd 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-catalog @ .
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/Dockerfile b/services/clusters-keeper/Dockerfile
index f9d0e0fb9de..0f579450535 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/Dockerfile
@@ -89,13 +89,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/clusters-keeper
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/clusters-keeper,target=/build/services/clusters-keeper,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/docker/boot.sh b/services/clusters-keeper/docker/boot.sh
index d7a2865db75..64cc11529da 100755
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/clusters-keeper || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
index 6d79fc94592..038b1f8e4eb 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ aio-pika==9.3.0
 aioboto3==12.0.0
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 aiobotocore==2.7.0
-    # via
-    #   aioboto3
-    #   aiobotocore
+    # via aioboto3
 aiocache==0.12.2
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 aiodebug==2.3.0
@@ -156,6 +154,7 @@ fastapi==0.99.1
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 frozenlist==1.4.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -270,6 +269,12 @@ partd==1.4.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_dask-distributed.txt
     #   dask
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 psutil==5.9.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_dask-distributed.txt
@@ -448,6 +453,8 @@ types-aiobotocore==2.7.0
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 types-aiobotocore-ec2==2.7.0
     # via types-aiobotocore
+types-aiobotocore-s3==2.7.0
+    # via types-aiobotocore
 types-awscrt==0.19.8
     # via botocore-stubs
 types-python-dateutil==2.8.19.14
@@ -461,6 +468,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.8.0
     #   typer
     #   types-aiobotocore
     #   types-aiobotocore-ec2
+    #   types-aiobotocore-s3
     #   uvicorn
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_test.txt b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_test.txt
index 187afad726e..201fd4578ba 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -264,9 +264,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 python-jose==3.3.0
-    # via
-    #   moto
-    #   python-jose
+    # via moto
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/ci.txt b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/ci.txt
index 972b44964e6..750d3b3a3d3 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-clusters-keeper @ .
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/prod.txt b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/prod.txt
index f009eafa289..a6058884f33 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-clusters-keeper @ .
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/src/simcore_service_clusters_keeper/_meta.py b/services/clusters-keeper/src/simcore_service_clusters_keeper/_meta.py
index 5a4051a982b..26c42ea2ca9 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/src/simcore_service_clusters_keeper/_meta.py
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/src/simcore_service_clusters_keeper/_meta.py
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 """ Application's metadata
 
 """
-from contextlib import suppress
+
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
+from importlib.resources import files
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 
-import pkg_resources
 from models_library.basic_types import VersionTag
 from packaging.version import Version
 from pydantic import parse_obj_as
 
-_current_distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-    "simcore-service-clusters-keeper"
-)
-
-__version__: str = _current_distribution.version
+_current_distribution = distribution("simcore-service-clusters-keeper")
+__version__: str = version("simcore-service-clusters-keeper")
 
 
-APP_NAME: Final[str] = _current_distribution.project_name
+APP_NAME: Final[str] = _current_distribution.metadata["Name"]
 API_VERSION: Final[str] = __version__
 VERSION: Final[Version] = Version(__version__)
 API_VTAG: Final[VersionTag] = parse_obj_as(VersionTag, f"v{VERSION.major}")
@@ -25,22 +23,11 @@
 
 
 def get_summary() -> str:
-    with suppress(Exception):
-        try:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("METADATA")
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("PKG-INFO")
-
-        return next(x.split(":") for x in metadata if x.startswith("Summary:"))[-1]
-    return ""  # pragma: no cover
+    return _current_distribution.metadata.get_all("Summary", [""])[-1]
 
 
 SUMMARY: Final[str] = get_summary()
-PACKAGE_DATA_FOLDER: Final[Path] = Path(
-    pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        _current_distribution.project_name.replace("-", "_"), "data"
-    )
-)
+PACKAGE_DATA_FOLDER: Final[Path] = Path(f'{files(APP_NAME.replace("-", "_")) / "data"}')
 
 # https://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=testall&f=Avatar&t=clusters_keeper
 APP_STARTED_BANNER_MSG = r"""
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/Dockerfile b/services/dask-sidecar/Dockerfile
index e08b819ddfb..d9a3ea9a257 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/Dockerfile
@@ -80,12 +80,15 @@ RUN  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -95,8 +98,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # install base 3rd party dependencies (NOTE: this speeds up devel mode)
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 # --------------------------Prod-depends-only stage -------------------
@@ -114,8 +117,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/dask-sidecar
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dask-sidecar,target=/build/services/dask-sidecar,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
index 00a2f8f637d..63335c18529 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/service-library/
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library/
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dask-sidecar @ .
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
index fd4759028c0..bc5b9b96a69 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/service-library/
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library/
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dask-sidecar @ .
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/Dockerfile b/services/datcore-adapter/Dockerfile
index 438dc8dfa50..06629d4e4ca 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/Dockerfile
@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -87,8 +90,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/datcore-adapter
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/datcore-adapter,target=/build/services/datcore-adapter,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/docker/boot.sh b/services/datcore-adapter/docker/boot.sh
index 7048236c0ce..7f8a373f788 100755
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/datcore-adapter || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
index eb652fa1842..7ebda201674 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ fastapi==0.96.0
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fastapi-pagination
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 fastapi-pagination==0.10.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 frozenlist==1.3.3
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ orjson==3.9.7
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 pydantic==1.10.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/ci.txt b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/ci.txt
index 65c18eea1ea..ddd345522ae 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-datcore-adapter @ .
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/prod.txt b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/prod.txt
index 1b9fa94bd0f..84a2c86a0b9 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-datcore-adapter @ .
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/src/simcore_service_datcore_adapter/_meta.py b/services/datcore-adapter/src/simcore_service_datcore_adapter/_meta.py
index a88a68216fc..10a045ca855 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/src/simcore_service_datcore_adapter/_meta.py
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/src/simcore_service_datcore_adapter/_meta.py
@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
 """ Application's metadata
 
 """
-from contextlib import suppress
-from typing import Final
-
-import pkg_resources
 
-current_distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore_service_datcore_adapter")
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
+from typing import Final
 
-__version__ = current_distribution.version
+current_distribution = distribution("simcore_service_datcore_adapter")
+__version__ = version("simcore_service_datcore_adapter")
 
 API_VERSION: Final[str] = __version__
 MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH = __version__.split(".")
 API_VTAG: Final[str] = f"v{MAJOR}"
-PROJECT_NAME: Final[str] = current_distribution.project_name
+PROJECT_NAME: Final[str] = current_distribution.metadata["Name"]
 
 
 def get_summary() -> str:
-    with suppress(Exception):
-        try:
-            metadata = current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("METADATA")
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            metadata = current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("PKG-INFO")
-
-        return next(x.split(":") for x in metadata if x.startswith("Summary:"))[-1]
-    return ""
+    return current_distribution.metadata.get_all("Summary", [""])[-1]
 
 
 summary: str = get_summary()
diff --git a/services/director-v2/Dockerfile b/services/director-v2/Dockerfile
index 34f2a0c7f40..3350fc9350b 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/director-v2/Dockerfile
@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -87,8 +90,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/director-v2
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/director-v2,target=/build/services/director-v2,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/director-v2/docker/boot.sh b/services/director-v2/docker/boot.sh
index 64d8dda50d6..56702c716f9 100755
--- a/services/director-v2/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/director-v2/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/director-v2 || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ APP_LOG_LEVEL=${DIRECTOR_V2_LOGLEVEL:-${LOG_LEVEL:-${LOGLEVEL:-INFO}}}
 SERVER_LOG_LEVEL=$(echo "${APP_LOG_LEVEL}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 echo "$INFO" "Log-level app/server: $APP_LOG_LEVEL/$SERVER_LOG_LEVEL"
 
-
 if [ "${SC_BOOT_MODE}" = "debug" ]; then
   reload_dir_packages=$(find /devel/packages -maxdepth 3 -type d -path "*/src/*" ! -path "*.*" -exec echo '--reload-dir {} \' \;)
 
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
index c768ddf2f95..cf1558c7b28 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ fastapi==0.99.1
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 frozenlist==1.4.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -352,6 +353,12 @@ partd==1.4.0
     #   dask
 pint==0.22
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 psutil==5.9.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_dask-distributed.txt
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
index 64539dae1e5..0613788d0b4 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ aio-pika==9.1.2
 aioboto3==12.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 aiobotocore==2.7.0
-    # via
-    #   aioboto3
-    #   aiobotocore
+    # via aioboto3
 aiohttp==3.8.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -88,9 +86,7 @@ cloudpickle==2.2.1
 colorlog==6.7.0
     # via dask-gateway-server
 coverage==7.3.2
-    # via
-    #   coverage
-    #   pytest-cov
+    # via pytest-cov
 cryptography==41.0.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/ci.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/ci.txt
index bb142c7d5cc..bda1da73082 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk/
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk/
 
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-director-v2 @ .
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/prod.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/prod.txt
index dd2894e17ef..db23e34b436 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk/
+simcore-dask-task-models-library @ ../../packages/dask-task-models-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-director-v2 @ .
diff --git a/services/director-v2/tests/unit/test_models_clusters.py b/services/director-v2/tests/unit/test_models_clusters.py
index 8628d76d706..0a5d29283bb 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/tests/unit/test_models_clusters.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/tests/unit/test_models_clusters.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     Worker,
     WorkerMetrics,
 )
+from models_library.clusters import ClusterTypeInModel
 from pydantic import BaseModel, parse_obj_as
+from simcore_postgres_database.models.clusters import ClusterType
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -76,3 +78,23 @@ def test_worker_constructor_corrects_negative_used_resources(faker: Faker):
     )
     assert worker
     assert worker.used_resources["CPU"] == 0
+
+
+def test_cluster_type_in_model_includes_postgres_database_model():
+    models_library_cluster_types_names: set[str] = {
+        t.name for t in set(ClusterTypeInModel)
+    }
+    postgres_library_cluster_types_names: set[str] = {t.name for t in set(ClusterType)}
+    assert postgres_library_cluster_types_names.issubset(
+        models_library_cluster_types_names
+    )
+
+    models_library_cluster_types_values: set[str] = {
+        t.value for t in set(ClusterTypeInModel)
+    }  # type: ignore
+    postgres_library_cluster_types_values: set[str] = {
+        t.value for t in set(ClusterType)
+    }
+    assert postgres_library_cluster_types_values.issubset(
+        models_library_cluster_types_values
+    )
diff --git a/services/director/Dockerfile b/services/director/Dockerfile
index 57fc7f0e558..fbd6bf4b0c6 100644
--- a/services/director/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/director/Dockerfile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=buildbasecache36,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,shari
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
 RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pip36,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
   pip install --upgrade \
   pip~=21.3  \
   wheel \
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/director,target=/build/services/director,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
   pip install \
   -r /build/services/director/requirements/_base.txt
 
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ ENV SC_BUILD_TARGET=prod-only-deps
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/director,target=/build/services/director,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
   pip install -r requirements/prod.txt
 
 # --------------------------Production stage -------------------
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/Dockerfile b/services/dynamic-scheduler/Dockerfile
index 0a9554878e9..bad3d798862 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/Dockerfile
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/dynamic-scheduler
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dynamic-scheduler,target=/build/services/dynamic-scheduler,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/docker/boot.sh b/services/dynamic-scheduler/docker/boot.sh
index cfe6f122124..b398ad39634 100755
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/dynamic-scheduler || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
index 86711966429..b7180d39e22 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ fastapi==0.99.1
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 frozenlist==1.4.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -177,6 +178,12 @@ packaging==23.2
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
     # via sqlalchemy
 pydantic==1.10.13
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/ci.txt b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/ci.txt
index dfc16ddd32e..cfd40e964d9 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dynamic-scheduler @ .
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/prod.txt b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/prod.txt
index fcb1eea4bfb..70d03a1a7c9 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dynamic-scheduler @ .
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/Dockerfile b/services/dynamic-sidecar/Dockerfile
index f43f68c6bd1..16b80a87cc8 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/Dockerfile
@@ -100,13 +100,17 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
+
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" \
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" \
   && mkdir -p "${DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_DY_VOLUMES_MOUNT_DIR}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -119,8 +123,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
   --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install \
-  --no-build-isolation \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 # copy utility devops scripts
@@ -142,9 +145,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/dynamic-sidecar
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/dynamic-sidecar,target=/build/services/dynamic-sidecar,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
-  --no-build-isolation \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/Makefile b/services/dynamic-sidecar/Makefile
index 3750bab5d5e..47ce25200d5 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/Makefile
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ openapi.json: .env ## Creates OAS document openapi.json
 run-github-action-locally:  ## runs "unit-test-dynamic-sidecar" defined int github workflow locally
 	@make github-workflow-job job=unit-test-dynamic-sidecar
 
-# WARNING: tmp using --no-build-isolation due to: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724#issuecomment-1638636728
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# Installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync \
-		--pip-args --no-build-isolation \
+	@uv pip sync \
 		requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/docker/boot.sh b/services/dynamic-sidecar/docker/boot.sh
index d037d9bb3f6..248b6716663 100755
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/dynamic-sidecar || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/openapi.json b/services/dynamic-sidecar/openapi.json
index e634d69fd4a..c7c0824e3de 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/openapi.json
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/openapi.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "openapi": "3.1.0",
   "info": {
     "title": "simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar",
-    "description": " Implements a sidecar service to manage user's dynamic/interactive services",
+    "description": "Implements a sidecar service to manage user's dynamic/interactive services",
     "version": "1.1.1"
   },
   "servers": [
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
index dffd2697d65..9c8e7a5ca7a 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar @ .
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
index a30978c96a0..90f40cf30d3 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar @ .
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/_meta.py b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/_meta.py
index 6ad0476a54a..2c9fb9d5c50 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/_meta.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dynamic_sidecar/_meta.py
@@ -1,32 +1,22 @@
 """ Package Metadata
 
 """
-from contextlib import suppress
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
 
-_current_distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-    "simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar"
-)
+_current_distribution = distribution("simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar")
 
-PROJECT_NAME: str = _current_distribution.project_name
+PROJECT_NAME: str = _current_distribution.metadata["Name"]
 
-API_VERSION: str = _current_distribution.version
-MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH = _current_distribution.version.split(".")
+API_VERSION: str = version("simcore-service-dynamic-sidecar")
+MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH = API_VERSION.split(".")
 API_VTAG: str = f"v{MAJOR}"
 
 __version__ = _current_distribution.version
 
 
 def get_summary() -> str:
-    with suppress(Exception):
-        try:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("METADATA")
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            metadata = _current_distribution.get_metadata_lines("PKG-INFO")
-
-        return next(x.split(":") for x in metadata if x.startswith("Summary:"))[-1]
-    return ""
+    return _current_distribution.metadata.get_all("Summary", [""])[-1]
 
 
 SUMMARY: str = get_summary()
diff --git a/services/invitations/Dockerfile b/services/invitations/Dockerfile
index c06116776fa..239cc2be909 100644
--- a/services/invitations/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/invitations/Dockerfile
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/invitations
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/invitations,target=/build/services/invitations,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/invitations/docker/boot.sh b/services/invitations/docker/boot.sh
index 5301fd05276..adbe01b6bf4 100755
--- a/services/invitations/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/invitations/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/invitations || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/invitations/openapi.json b/services/invitations/openapi.json
index a097a70b80f..96630799e46 100644
--- a/services/invitations/openapi.json
+++ b/services/invitations/openapi.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "openapi": "3.1.0",
   "info": {
     "title": "simcore-service-invitations web API",
-    "description": " Service that manages creation and validation of registration invitations",
+    "description": "Service that manages creation and validation of registration invitations",
     "version": "1.2.0"
   },
   "paths": {
diff --git a/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt b/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
index eca76d05678..f4b0934d96c 100644
--- a/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ fastapi==0.99.1
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
 frozenlist==1.4.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ packaging==23.2
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
+    #   prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
+prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator==6.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
 pydantic==1.10.13
diff --git a/services/invitations/requirements/ci.txt b/services/invitations/requirements/ci.txt
index 38a4d0441ba..bbc14fe4596 100644
--- a/services/invitations/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/invitations/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
-../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-invitations @ .
diff --git a/services/invitations/requirements/prod.txt b/services/invitations/requirements/prod.txt
index 5ff788ade8d..d9d82ca6a03 100644
--- a/services/invitations/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/invitations/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
-../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-invitations @ .
diff --git a/services/migration/Dockerfile b/services/migration/Dockerfile
index a7f17681f92..4d52609801b 100644
--- a/services/migration/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/migration/Dockerfile
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   build-essential \
   git
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -58,8 +61,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/packages/postgres-database
 # install only base 3rd party dependencies
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages/postgres-database,target=/build/packages/postgres-database,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/migration/requirements/ci.txt b/services/migration/requirements/ci.txt
index 5d9705fd64a..f27407610d3 100644
--- a/services/migration/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/migration/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
diff --git a/services/osparc-gateway-server/Dockerfile b/services/osparc-gateway-server/Dockerfile
index ba28daf0339..dd040f4bf4e 100644
--- a/services/osparc-gateway-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/osparc-gateway-server/Dockerfile
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ RUN  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   git \
   golang-go
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # install base 3rd party dependencies (NOTE: this speeds up devel mode)
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 # in ARM64 mode there is a catch: the piwheels package does not contain the dask-gateway-proxy executable in 64-bit
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ RUN dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)";\
   case "$dpkgArch" in \
   arm64) git clone --depth 1 --branch 0.9.0 https://github.com/dask/dask-gateway.git \
   && cd dask-gateway/osparc-gateway-server \
-  && pip install .\
+  && uv pip install .\
   ;; \
   esac;
 
@@ -114,8 +117,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/osparc-gateway-server
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/osparc-gateway-server,target=/build/services/osparc-gateway-server,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt
 
 # --------------------------Production stage -------------------
diff --git a/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/ci.txt b/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/ci.txt
index 62a403e8be1..52012f537ff 100644
--- a/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+osparc-gateway-server @ .
diff --git a/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/prod.txt b/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/prod.txt
index fb384898a6a..45b869b18cf 100644
--- a/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/osparc-gateway-server/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # installs this repo's packages
 
 # installs current package
-.
+osparc-gateway-server @ .
diff --git a/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/Makefile b/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/Makefile
index c9bd237e523..fc9cd92a3f5 100644
--- a/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/Makefile
+++ b/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ install:  install-ci
 
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install requirements in dev/prod/ci mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests
diff --git a/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/requirements/ci.txt b/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/requirements/ci.txt
index 0c449f919a7..e7dffa997f3 100644
--- a/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/osparc-gateway-server/tests/system/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../../../packages/pytest-simcore/
diff --git a/services/payments/Dockerfile b/services/payments/Dockerfile
index 891850f0713..9fc5999ea4a 100644
--- a/services/payments/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/payments/Dockerfile
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/payments/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/payments
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/payments,target=/build/services/payments,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/payments/docker/boot.sh b/services/payments/docker/boot.sh
index 4a93866f5af..ca87461de76 100755
--- a/services/payments/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/payments/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/payments || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/payments/openapi.json b/services/payments/openapi.json
index 0a0590edf31..1a98e0f98ae 100644
--- a/services/payments/openapi.json
+++ b/services/payments/openapi.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "openapi": "3.1.0",
   "info": {
     "title": "simcore-service-payments web API",
-    "description": " Service that manages creation and validation of registration payments",
+    "description": "Service that manages creation and validation of registration payments",
     "version": "1.4.0"
   },
   "paths": {
diff --git a/services/payments/requirements/ci.txt b/services/payments/requirements/ci.txt
index f50016e3924..fb0d44c3a77 100644
--- a/services/payments/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/payments/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-payments @ .
diff --git a/services/payments/requirements/prod.txt b/services/payments/requirements/prod.txt
index fcb1eea4bfb..40cb40fdc64 100644
--- a/services/payments/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/payments/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-payments @ .
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/Dockerfile b/services/resource-usage-tracker/Dockerfile
index 8fca041ba0b..3992dbe1c33 100644
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/Dockerfile
@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -87,8 +90,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # NOTE: copies to /build to avoid overwriting later which would invalidate this layer
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/resource-usage-tracker
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/resource-usage-tracker,target=/build/services/resource-usage-tracker,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/docker/boot.sh b/services/resource-usage-tracker/docker/boot.sh
index f8daef19c96..7491c3b8b30 100755
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/docker/boot.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/resource-usage-tracker || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/openapi.json b/services/resource-usage-tracker/openapi.json
index 7fba1c609d7..c1c88a2cfcb 100644
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/openapi.json
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/openapi.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "openapi": "3.0.2",
   "info": {
     "title": "simcore-service-resource-usage-tracker web API",
-    "description": " Service that collects and stores computational resources usage used in osparc-simcore",
+    "description": "Service that collects and stores computational resources usage used in osparc-simcore",
     "version": "1.0.0"
   },
   "paths": {
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/ci.txt b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/ci.txt
index 75eecce1dbd..9cfb2df141d 100644
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-resource-usage-tracker @ .
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/prod.txt b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/prod.txt
index 9ecf27e6f13..12f20069255 100644
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/aws-library
-../../packages/models-library
-../../packages/service-library[fastapi]
-../../packages/settings-library
-../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-aws-library @ ../../packages/aws-library
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library
+simcore-service-library[fastapi] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-resource-usage-tracker @ .
diff --git a/services/storage/Dockerfile b/services/storage/Dockerfile
index 8d69b81be24..b52bca35937 100644
--- a/services/storage/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/storage/Dockerfile
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   build-essential \
   git
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -94,8 +97,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # install only base 3rd party dependencies
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/storage/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 # -------------------------- -------------------------------
@@ -119,8 +122,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/storage
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/storage,target=/build/services/storage,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 # -------------------------- -------------------------------
diff --git a/services/storage/docker/boot.sh b/services/storage/docker/boot.sh
index c975105896a..5cddf1f3681 100755
--- a/services/storage/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/storage/docker/boot.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/storage || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
index a1228cf23df..c91070d6001 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ aio-pika==9.3.0
 aioboto3==12.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiobotocore==2.7.0
-    # via
-    #   aioboto3
-    #   aiobotocore
+    # via aioboto3
 aiodebug==2.3.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/_test.txt b/services/storage/requirements/_test.txt
index 7ec93eb89ab..44f9b003b9b 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ aiohttp==3.8.6
     #   aioresponses
     #   pytest-aiohttp
     #   simcore-service-storage-sdk
-aioresponses==0.7.4
+aioresponses==0.7.6
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via
@@ -261,9 +261,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
     # via -r requirements/_test.in
 python-jose==3.3.0
-    # via
-    #   moto
-    #   python-jose
+    # via moto
 pytz==2023.3.post1
     # via pandas
 pyyaml==6.0.1
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/ci.txt b/services/storage/requirements/ci.txt
index 0430e628686..983135c3d6c 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/service-library[aiohttp]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library[aiohttp] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-storage @ .
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/prod.txt b/services/storage/requirements/prod.txt
index 2024e7cc8f5..d8b3f5543f8 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../packages/service-library[aiohttp]
-../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+simcore-service-library[aiohttp] @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-storage @ .
diff --git a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/_meta.py b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/_meta.py
index f1ca8c783f9..c1ac93fd8ea 100644
--- a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/_meta.py
+++ b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/_meta.py
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 """ Current version of the simcore_service_storage application and its API
 
 """
-import pkg_resources
-from semantic_version import Version
 
-__version__: str = pkg_resources.get_distribution("simcore-service-storage").version
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+from semantic_version import Version
 
-version = Version(__version__)
+__version__: str = version("simcore-service-storage")
 
-api_version_prefix: str = f"v{version.major}"
+version_info = Version(__version__)
+assert version_info.major is not None  # nosec
+api_version_prefix: str = f"v{version_info.major}"
 
 app_name: str = __name__.split(".")[0]
 api_version: str = __version__
-api_vtag: str = f"v{version.major}"
+api_vtag: str = f"v{version_info.major}"
 
 
 ## https://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Standard&t=Storage
diff --git a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/application.py b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/application.py
index 4b12edf4c7a..b303afe457b 100644
--- a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/application.py
+++ b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/application.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
     Functions to create, setup and run an aiohttp application provided a settingsuration object
 """
+
 import logging
 from typing import Final
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 from servicelib.aiohttp.monitoring import setup_monitoring
 from servicelib.aiohttp.tracing import setup_tracing
 
-from ._meta import WELCOME_MSG, app_name, version
+from ._meta import WELCOME_MSG, app_name, version_info
 from .db import setup_db
 from .dsm import setup_dsm
 from .dsm_cleaner import setup_dsm_cleaner
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ def create(settings: Settings) -> web.Application:
         setup_dev_error_logger(app)
 
     if settings.STORAGE_MONITORING_ENABLED:
-        setup_monitoring(app, app_name, version=f"{version}")
+        setup_monitoring(app, app_name, version=f"{version_info}")
 
     # keep mostly quiet noisy loggers
     quiet_level: int = max(
diff --git a/services/web/Dockerfile b/services/web/Dockerfile
index e2053ee9265..23a9d47c18c 100644
--- a/services/web/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/web/Dockerfile
@@ -80,14 +80,17 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,mode=0755,sharing=private \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential
 
+# NOTE: install https://github.com/astral-sh/uv ultra-fast rust-based pip replacement
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+  pip install uv~=0.1
 
 
 # NOTE: python virtualenv is used here such that installed
 # packages may be moved to production image easily by copying the venv
-RUN python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --upgrade  \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install --upgrade  \
   pip~=24.0  \
   wheel \
   setuptools
@@ -97,8 +100,8 @@ WORKDIR /build
 # install only base 3rd party dependencies
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt,target=_base.txt \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement _base.txt
 
 # --------------------------Prod-depends-only stage -------------------
@@ -117,8 +120,8 @@ WORKDIR /build/services/web/server
 RUN \
   --mount=type=bind,source=packages,target=/build/packages,rw \
   --mount=type=bind,source=services/web/server,target=/build/services/web/server,rw \
-  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=private \
-  pip install \
+  --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv pip install \
   --requirement requirements/prod.txt \
   && pip list -v
 
diff --git a/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh b/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
index c2635f40566..67e2ca9ca18 100755
--- a/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if [ "${SC_BUILD_TARGET}" = "development" ]; then
   command -v python | sed 's/^/    /'
 
   cd services/web/server || exit 1
-  pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
+  pip install uv
+  uv pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install -r requirements/dev.txt
   cd - || exit 1
   echo "$INFO" "PIP :"
   pip list | sed 's/^/    /'
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ if [ "${SC_BOOT_MODE}" = "debug" ]; then
   # NOTE: ptvsd is programmatically enabled inside of the service
   # this way we can have reload in place as well
   exec python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:"${WEBSERVER_REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT}" -m gunicorn simcore_service_webserver.cli:app_factory \
-    --log-level="${SERVER_LOG_LEVEL}"\
+    --log-level="${SERVER_LOG_LEVEL}" \
     --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 \
     --worker-class aiohttp.GunicornWebWorker \
     --workers="${WEBSERVER_GUNICORN_WORKERS:-1}" \
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
index 9af3cba1d83..6ae4fb1dd2e 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -1,59 +1,12 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_base.txt --strip-extras requirements/_base.in
-#
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --upgrade-package aiopg --build-isolation --strip-extras --resolver=backtracking --output-file requirements/_base.txt requirements/_base.in
 aio-pika==9.1.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiocache==0.11.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiodebug==2.3.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiodocker==0.21.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 aiofiles==0.8.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp==3.8.5
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   aiodocker
     #   aiohttp-jinja2
     #   aiohttp-security
@@ -61,79 +14,35 @@ aiohttp==3.8.5
     #   aiohttp-swagger
     #   aiozipkin
 aiohttp-jinja2==1.5
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp-security==0.4.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp-session==2.11.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp-swagger==1.0.16
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiopg==1.4.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiormq==6.7.6
     # via aio-pika
 aiosignal==1.2.0
     # via aiohttp
 aiosmtplib==1.1.6
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiozipkin==1.1.1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
 alembic==1.8.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
 arrow==1.2.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 async-timeout==4.0.2
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiopg
     #   redis
 asyncpg==0.27.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
-    #   sqlalchemy
+    # via sqlalchemy
 attrs==21.4.0
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
     #   aiohttp
     #   jsonschema
     #   openapi-core
 bidict==0.22.0
     # via python-socketio
 cachetools==5.3.2
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 certifi==2023.7.22
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   requests
+    # via requests
 cffi==1.15.0
     # via cryptography
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
@@ -143,26 +52,7 @@ charset-normalizer==2.0.12
 click==8.1.3
     # via typer
 cryptography==41.0.7
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
-    #   aiohttp-session
+    # via aiohttp-session
 dnspython==2.2.1
     # via email-validator
 email-validator==1.2.1
@@ -170,7 +60,6 @@ email-validator==1.2.1
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0
     # via openpyxl
 faker==19.6.1
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 frozenlist==1.3.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -178,7 +67,6 @@ frozenlist==1.3.0
 greenlet==2.0.2
     # via sqlalchemy
 gunicorn==20.1.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 idna==3.3
     # via
     #   email-validator
@@ -187,64 +75,20 @@ idna==3.3
 isodate==0.6.1
     # via openapi-core
 jinja-app-loader==1.0.2
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   aiohttp-jinja2
     #   aiohttp-swagger
 json2html==1.3.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 jsondiff==2.0.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 jsonschema==3.2.0
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   openapi-schema-validator
     #   openapi-spec-validator
 lazy-object-proxy==1.7.1
     # via openapi-core
 mako==1.2.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   alembic
+    # via alembic
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
 markupsafe==2.1.1
@@ -254,41 +98,23 @@ markupsafe==2.1.1
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
 msgpack==1.0.7
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 multidict==6.0.2
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
 openapi-core==0.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
 openapi-schema-validator==0.2.3
     # via openapi-spec-validator
 openapi-spec-validator==0.4.0
     # via openapi-core
 openpyxl==3.0.9
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 orjson==3.7.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 packaging==23.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
 passlib==1.7.4
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pint==0.19.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 prometheus-client==0.14.1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.6
     # via
     #   aiopg
@@ -296,46 +122,9 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.6
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
 pydantic==1.9.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 pygments==2.15.1
     # via rich
 pyinstrument==4.6.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 pyjwt==2.4.0
     # via twilio
 pyrsistent==0.18.1
@@ -347,69 +136,24 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-engineio==4.3.4
     # via python-socketio
 python-magic==0.4.25
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 python-socketio==5.8.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pytz==2022.1
     # via twilio
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   aiohttp-swagger
     #   openapi-spec-validator
 redis==4.5.4
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 requests==2.31.0
     # via twilio
 rich==13.4.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
 setproctitle==1.2.3
     # via gunicorn
+setuptools==69.1.1
+    # via
+    #   gunicorn
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   openapi-spec-validator
 six==1.16.0
     # via
     #   isodate
@@ -418,111 +162,27 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   python-dateutil
 sqlalchemy==1.4.47
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   aiopg
     #   alembic
 strict-rfc3339==0.7
     # via openapi-core
 tenacity==8.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/_base.in
 toolz==0.12.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 tqdm==4.64.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
 twilio==7.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 typer==0.4.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
 typing-extensions==4.3.0
     # via
     #   aiodebug
     #   aiodocker
     #   pydantic
 ujson==5.5.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   aiohttp-swagger
+    # via aiohttp-swagger
 urllib3==1.26.11
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   requests
+    # via requests
 werkzeug==2.1.2
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
 yarl==1.5.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/./constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   aio-pika
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiormq
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
index c8386dda21f..e2f37a19cc9 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -1,57 +1,33 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_test.txt --strip-extras requirements/_test.in
-#
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --upgrade-package aiopg --build-isolation --strip-extras --resolver=backtracking --output-file requirements/_test.txt requirements/_test.in
 aiohttp==3.8.5
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aioresponses
     #   pytest-aiohttp
-aioresponses==0.7.4
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+aioresponses==0.7.6
 aiosignal==1.2.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   aiohttp
+    # via aiohttp
 alembic==1.8.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 async-timeout==4.0.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   redis
 attrs==21.4.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   hypothesis
     #   jsonschema
     #   pytest-docker
 certifi==2023.7.22
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   requests
+    # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   requests
 click==8.1.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 coverage==7.3.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-    #   pytest-cov
+    # via pytest-cov
 docker==6.1.3
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 exceptiongroup==1.1.3
     # via
     #   hypothesis
@@ -59,51 +35,33 @@ exceptiongroup==1.1.3
 execnet==2.0.2
     # via pytest-xdist
 faker==19.6.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 flaky==3.7.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 frozenlist==1.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiosignal
 greenlet==2.0.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   sqlalchemy
+    # via sqlalchemy
 hypothesis==6.88.1
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 icdiff==2.0.7
     # via pytest-icdiff
 idna==3.3
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   requests
     #   yarl
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 jsonref==1.1.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 jsonschema==3.2.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
     #   openapi-schema-validator
     #   openapi-spec-validator
 mako==1.2.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   alembic
+    # via alembic
 markupsafe==2.1.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   mako
+    # via mako
 multidict==6.0.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
 mypy==1.6.1
@@ -111,16 +69,10 @@ mypy==1.6.1
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
 openapi-schema-validator==0.2.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   openapi-spec-validator
+    # via openapi-spec-validator
 openapi-spec-validator==0.4.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 packaging==23.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   docker
     #   pytest
     #   pytest-sugar
@@ -131,12 +83,9 @@ pprintpp==0.4.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
     # via pytest-benchmark
 pyrsistent==0.18.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   jsonschema
+    # via jsonschema
 pytest==7.4.3
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
     #   pytest-aiohttp
     #   pytest-asyncio
     #   pytest-benchmark
@@ -148,66 +97,40 @@ pytest==7.4.3
     #   pytest-sugar
     #   pytest-xdist
 pytest-aiohttp==1.0.5
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.1
     # via pytest-aiohttp
 pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-cov==4.1.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-docker==2.0.1
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-icdiff==0.8
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-instafail==0.5.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-mock==3.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-runner==6.0.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-sugar==0.9.7
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pytest-xdist==3.3.1
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   faker
+    # via faker
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 pyyaml==6.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   openapi-spec-validator
+    # via openapi-spec-validator
 redis==4.5.4
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 requests==2.31.0
+    # via docker
+setuptools==69.1.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   docker
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   openapi-spec-validator
 six==1.16.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   jsonschema
     #   python-dateutil
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
     # via hypothesis
 sqlalchemy==1.4.47
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-    #   alembic
+    # via alembic
 sqlalchemy2-stubs==0.0.2a36
     # via sqlalchemy
 tenacity==8.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
 termcolor==2.3.0
     # via pytest-sugar
 tomli==2.0.1
@@ -217,23 +140,14 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pytest
 typing-extensions==4.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   mypy
     #   sqlalchemy2-stubs
 urllib3==1.26.11
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   docker
     #   requests
 websocket-client==1.6.4
     # via docker
 websockets==12.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
 yarl==1.5.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
+    # via aiohttp
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_tools.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_tools.txt
index ae61e1835e0..1218e892c4b 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -1,49 +1,25 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_tools.txt --strip-extras requirements/_tools.in
-#
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --upgrade-package aiopg --build-isolation --strip-extras --resolver=backtracking --output-file requirements/_tools.txt requirements/_tools.in
 aiohttp==3.8.5
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   black
+    # via black
 aiosignal==1.2.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
+    # via aiohttp
 astroid==3.0.2
     # via pylint
 async-timeout==4.0.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
+    # via aiohttp
 attrs==21.4.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
+    # via aiohttp
 black==23.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 build==1.0.3
     # via pip-tools
 bump2version==1.0.1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 cfgv==3.4.0
     # via pre-commit
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
+    # via aiohttp
 click==8.1.3
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   pip-tools
 dill==0.3.7
@@ -54,71 +30,54 @@ filelock==3.13.1
     # via virtualenv
 frozenlist==1.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiosignal
 identify==2.5.33
     # via pre-commit
 idna==3.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   yarl
+    # via yarl
 inotify==0.2.10
-    # via -r requirements/_tools.in
 isort==5.13.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-    #   pylint
+    # via pylint
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
 multidict==6.0.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   black
+    # via black
 nodeenv==1.8.0
     # via pre-commit
 nose==1.3.7
     # via inotify
 packaging==23.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
 pathspec==0.12.1
     # via black
+pip==24.0
+    # via pip-tools
 pip-tools==7.3.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 platformdirs==4.1.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   pylint
     #   virtualenv
 pre-commit==3.6.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 pylint==3.0.3
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
     # via build
 pyyaml==6.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   pre-commit
+    # via pre-commit
 ruff==0.1.8
-    # via -r requirements/../../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+setuptools==69.1.1
+    # via
+    #   nodeenv
+    #   pip-tools
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
@@ -127,11 +86,8 @@ tomli==2.0.1
 tomlkit==0.12.3
     # via pylint
 types-cachetools==5.3.0.7
-    # via -r requirements/_tools.in
 typing-extensions==4.3.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   astroid
     #   black
 virtualenv==20.25.0
@@ -139,11 +95,4 @@ virtualenv==20.25.0
 wheel==0.42.0
     # via pip-tools
 yarl==1.5.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# pip
-# setuptools
+    # via aiohttp
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt
index 564571e1f0d..9a171226abf 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../../packages/models-library/
-../../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../../packages/settings-library/
-../../../packages/service-library[aiohttp]
-../../../packages/simcore-sdk/
-../../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-service-library[aiohttp] @ ../../../packages/service-library
+simcore-sdk @ ../../../packages/simcore-sdk
+pytest-simcore @ ../../../packages/pytest-simcore
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-webserver @ .
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/prod.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/prod.txt
index be4f9e5e1d6..9494dd12c30 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 --requirement _base.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../../packages/models-library/
-../../../packages/postgres-database/
-../../../packages/settings-library/
-../../../packages/service-library[aiohttp]
-../../../packages/simcore-sdk/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../../packages/models-library
+simcore-postgres-database @ ../../../packages/postgres-database
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../../packages/settings-library
+simcore-service-library[aiohttp] @ ../../../packages/service-library
+simcore-sdk @ ../../../packages/simcore-sdk
 
 # installs current package
-.
+simcore-service-webserver @ .
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api_keys/_api.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api_keys/_api.py
index 6768ce40fcb..dd11fc70126 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api_keys/_api.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api_keys/_api.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 from models_library.api_schemas_webserver.auth import ApiKeyCreate, ApiKeyGet
 from models_library.products import ProductName
 from models_library.users import UserID
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_token_secret_key
 
-from ..login.utils import get_random_string
 from ._db import ApiKeyRepo
 
 _PUNCTUATION_REGEX = re.compile(
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 )
 
 _KEY_LEN: Final = 10
-_SECRET_LEN: Final = 30
+_SECRET_LEN: Final = 20
 
 
 async def list_api_keys(
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ async def create_api_key(
     product_name: ProductName,
 ) -> ApiKeyGet:
     prefix = _PUNCTUATION_REGEX.sub("_", new.display_name[:5])
-    api_key = f"{prefix}_{get_random_string(_KEY_LEN)}"
-    api_secret = get_random_string(_SECRET_LEN)
+    api_key = f"{prefix}_{generate_token_secret_key(_KEY_LEN)}"
+    api_secret = generate_token_secret_key(_SECRET_LEN)
 
     # raises if name exists already!
     repo = ApiKeyRepo.create_from_app(app)
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/_confirmation.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/_confirmation.py
index 33978ffbe41..fa9401778e7 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/_confirmation.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/_confirmation.py
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
     Codes can be used one time
     Codes have expiration date (duration time is configurable)
 """
+
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime
+from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from aiohttp import web
 from yarl import URL
@@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ async def validate_confirmation_code(
 
 
 def _url_for_confirmation(app: web.Application, code: str) -> URL:
-    return app.router["auth_confirmation"].url_for(code=code)
+    # NOTE: this is in a query parameter, and can contain ? for example.
+    safe_code = quote(code, safe="")
+    return app.router["auth_confirmation"].url_for(code=safe_code)
 
 
 def make_confirmation_link(
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ def get_expiration_date(
 async def is_confirmation_allowed(
     cfg: LoginOptions, db: AsyncpgStorage, user, action: ConfirmationAction
 ):
-    confirmation: ConfirmationTokenDict = await db.get_confirmation(
+    confirmation: ConfirmationTokenDict | None = await db.get_confirmation(
         {"user": user, "action": action}
     )
     if not confirmation:
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/cli.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/cli.py
index 6d2d2816c35..cc682852d2a 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/cli.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/cli.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import typer
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_password
 from simcore_postgres_database.models.confirmations import ConfirmationAction
 from yarl import URL
 
 from ._registration import InvitationData, get_invitation_url
-from .utils import get_random_string
 
 
 def invitations(
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def invitations(
 
     invitation = InvitationData(issuer=issuer_email, trial_account_days=trial_days)
 
-    codes = [get_random_string(code_length) for _ in range(num_codes)]
+    codes = [generate_password(code_length) for _ in range(num_codes)]
 
     typer.secho(
         "{:-^100}".format("invitations.md"),
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/storage.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/storage.py
index 672364aeb80..8212c24cc70 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/storage.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/storage.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 import asyncpg
 from aiohttp import web
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_password
 
 from . import _sql
-from .utils import get_random_string
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async def create_confirmation(
         async with self.pool.acquire() as conn:
             # generate different code
             while True:
-                code: str = get_random_string(30)
+                code: str = generate_password(30)
                 if not await _sql.find_one(conn, self.confirm_tbl, {"code": code}):
                     break
             # insert confirmation
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/utils.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/utils.py
index 490869f5ce9..d18d033de72 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/utils.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/login/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import random
 from dataclasses import asdict
-from typing import Any, cast
+from typing import Any
 
-import passlib.hash
-import passlib.pwd
 from aiohttp import web
 from models_library.products import ProductName
 from models_library.users import UserID
@@ -119,12 +116,6 @@ async def notify_user_logout(
     )
 
 
-def get_random_string(min_len: int, max_len: int | None = None) -> str:
-    max_len = max_len or min_len
-    size = random.randint(min_len, max_len)  # noqa: S311 # nosec # NOSONAR
-    return cast(str, passlib.pwd.genword(entropy=52, length=size))
-
-
 def flash_response(
     message: str, level: str = "INFO", *, status: int = HTTP_200_OK
 ) -> web.Response:
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/studies_dispatcher/_users.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/studies_dispatcher/_users.py
index bae7bffb472..1e826f971d7 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/studies_dispatcher/_users.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/studies_dispatcher/_users.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
     - resource_manager
 
 """
+
 import logging
+import secrets
+import string
 from contextlib import suppress
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -19,11 +22,12 @@
 from servicelib.aiohttp.application_keys import APP_FIRE_AND_FORGET_TASKS_KEY
 from servicelib.logging_utils import log_decorator
 from servicelib.utils import fire_and_forget_task
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_password
 
 from ..garbage_collector.settings import GUEST_USER_RC_LOCK_FORMAT
 from ..groups.api import auto_add_user_to_product_group
 from ..login.storage import AsyncpgStorage, get_plugin_storage
-from ..login.utils import ACTIVE, GUEST, get_random_string
+from ..login.utils import ACTIVE, GUEST
 from ..products.api import get_product_name
 from ..redis import get_redis_lock_manager_client
 from ..security.api import (
@@ -73,9 +77,11 @@ async def create_temporary_guest_user(request: web.Request):
     settings: StudiesDispatcherSettings = get_plugin_settings(app=request.app)
     product_name = get_product_name(request)
 
-    random_user_name = get_random_string(min_len=5)
+    random_user_name = "".join(
+        secrets.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(10)
+    )
     email = parse_obj_as(LowerCaseEmailStr, f"{random_user_name}@guest-at-osparc.io")
-    password = get_random_string(min_len=12)
+    password = generate_password(length=12)
     expires_at = datetime.utcnow() + settings.STUDIES_GUEST_ACCOUNT_LIFETIME
 
     # GUEST_USER_RC_LOCK:
diff --git a/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_project_utils.py b/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_project_utils.py
index 744f42fc25a..60ce2fe65bc 100644
--- a/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_project_utils.py
+++ b/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_project_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import pytest
+from models_library.projects import ProjectType as ml_project_type
+from simcore_postgres_database.models.projects import ProjectType as pg_project_type
 from simcore_service_webserver.projects.utils import (
     NodeDict,
     find_changed_node_keys,
@@ -341,3 +343,11 @@ def test_did_node_outputs_change(
         get_frontend_node_outputs_changes(new_node=new_node, old_node=old_node)
         == expected
     )
+
+
+def test_project_type_in_models_package_same_as_in_postgres_database_package():
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    assert (
+        ml_project_type.__members__.keys() == pg_project_type.__members__.keys()
+    ), f"The enum in models_library package and postgres package shall have the same values. models_pck: {ml_project_type.__members__}, postgres_pck: {pg_project_type.__members__}"
diff --git a/services/web/server/tests/unit/with_dbs/03/login/test_login_reset_password.py b/services/web/server/tests/unit/with_dbs/03/login/test_login_reset_password.py
index 820e59694d2..2fbf3874c8a 100644
--- a/services/web/server/tests/unit/with_dbs/03/login/test_login_reset_password.py
+++ b/services/web/server/tests/unit/with_dbs/03/login/test_login_reset_password.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from pytest import CaptureFixture
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.utils_assert import assert_status
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.utils_login import NewUser, parse_link, parse_test_marks
+from servicelib.utils_secrets import generate_password
 from simcore_service_webserver.db.models import ConfirmationAction, UserStatus
 from simcore_service_webserver.login._constants import (
     MSG_ACTIVATION_REQUIRED,
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
 )
 from simcore_service_webserver.login.settings import LoginOptions
 from simcore_service_webserver.login.storage import AsyncpgStorage
-from simcore_service_webserver.login.utils import get_random_string
 from yarl import URL
 
 #
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async def test_reset_and_confirm(
         reset_allowed_url = client.app.router["auth_reset_password_allowed"].url_for(
             code=code
         )
-        new_password = get_random_string(5, 10)
+        new_password = generate_password(10)
         response = await client.post(
             f"{reset_allowed_url}",
             json={
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
index e57395c4937..e8981393a16 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 	# installing playwright dependencies
 	@playwright install
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/ci.txt b/tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/ci.txt
index db69de877ab..d6a417115eb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 --requirement _test.txt
-../../packages/pytest-simcore
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Makefile b/tests/e2e/Makefile
index 109d5221e0b..9f2d343253b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ endef
 define _setup_test_environment
 # setup the python environment
 $(MAKE_C) $(REPO_BASE_DIR) devenv
-$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install -r requirements/requirements.txt
+uv pip install -r requirements/requirements.txt
 # setup node environment for puppeteer
 npm install
 endef
diff --git a/tests/e2e/requirements/Makefile b/tests/e2e/requirements/Makefile
index 698653173cd..c9e400882d1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/requirements/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e/requirements/Makefile
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ VENV_DIR ?= $(realpath $(REPO_BASE_DIR)/.venv)
 .PHONY: install
 install: $(VENV_DIR) requirements.txt ## installs dependencies
 	# installing requirements
-	@pip install -r requirements.txt
+	@uv pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/tests/environment-setup/Makefile b/tests/environment-setup/Makefile
index 9dc5e6caf50..368728e9119 100644
--- a/tests/environment-setup/Makefile
+++ b/tests/environment-setup/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ install:  install-ci
 
 install-dev install-prod install-ci:  ## install requirements in dev/prod/ci mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	@$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip3 install -r requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip install -r requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests
diff --git a/tests/environment-setup/requirements/ci.txt b/tests/environment-setup/requirements/ci.txt
index 7eb2bcea2b8..66b3d90e7f9 100644
--- a/tests/environment-setup/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/tests/environment-setup/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 --requirement requirements.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/settings-library/
-../../packages/service-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library/
diff --git a/tests/public-api/Makefile b/tests/public-api/Makefile
index ea79bb129eb..e688cf0b195 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/Makefile
+++ b/tests/public-api/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requirements: ## compiles pip requirements (.in -> .txt)
 .PHONY: install-dev install-prod install-ci
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in development/production or CI mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: test-dev
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ test-ci: ## runs ci tests (i.e. w/o debug tools and with code coverage)
 	-vv \
 	--color=yes \
 	--durations=10 \
+	--keep-docker-up \
 	$(CURDIR)
diff --git a/tests/public-api/examples/Makefile b/tests/public-api/examples/Makefile
index eb2c79c4401..8f56654f2d7 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/examples/Makefile
+++ b/tests/public-api/examples/Makefile
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ help: ## help on rule's targets
 
 .PHONY: install-dev
 install-dev: ## installs osparc client from folder for developent
-	pip install --editable $(API_SERVER_DIR)/client
-	pip install python-dotenv
+	uv pip install --editable $(API_SERVER_DIR)/client
+	uv pip install python-dotenv
 
 
 .PHONY: install-ci
 install-ci: ## installs osparc client and dependencies
-	pip install git+https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore-clients.git
-	pip install python-dotenv jupytext
+	uv pip install git+https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore-clients.git
+	uv pip install python-dotenv jupytext
 
 
 objects = $(wildcard *.py)
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.in b/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea04a8509a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+osparc
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.txt b/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.txt
index 0eb14367cec..934a123e0a5 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,44 @@
-# NOTE:
-#  This file file is just here as placeholder
-#  to fulfill dependencies of _tools.txt target in requirements/base.Makefile
-#
-#  This is a pure-tests project and all dependencies are added in _test.in
-#
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --output-file requirements/_base.txt requirements/_base.in
+anyio==4.3.0
+    # via httpx
+certifi==2024.2.2
+    # via
+    #   httpcore
+    #   httpx
+    #   osparc-client
+exceptiongroup==1.2.0
+    # via anyio
+h11==0.14.0
+    # via httpcore
+httpcore==1.0.4
+    # via httpx
+httpx==0.27.0
+    # via osparc
+idna==3.6
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   httpx
+nest-asyncio==1.6.0
+    # via osparc
+osparc==0.6.5
+osparc-client==0.6.5
+    # via osparc
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    # via osparc-client
+six==1.16.0
+    # via
+    #   osparc-client
+    #   python-dateutil
+sniffio==1.3.1
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   httpx
+tenacity==8.2.3
+    # via osparc
+tqdm==4.66.2
+    # via osparc
+typing-extensions==4.10.0
+    # via anyio
+urllib3==2.2.1
+    # via osparc-client
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/_test.txt b/tests/public-api/requirements/_test.txt
index b9fa71205f1..6d6d69af766 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -1,117 +1,91 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_test.txt --strip-extras requirements/_test.in
-#
-aiohttp==3.8.6
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-    # via aiohttp
-anyio==4.0.0
-    # via httpcore
-async-timeout==4.0.3
-    # via aiohttp
-attrs==23.1.0
-    # via
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   jsonschema
-    #   referencing
-certifi==2023.7.22
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   httpcore
-    #   httpx
-    #   requests
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
-    # via
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   requests
-docker==6.1.3
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-exceptiongroup==1.1.3
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   pytest
-faker==19.13.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-frozenlist==1.4.0
-    # via
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   aiosignal
-h11==0.14.0
-    # via httpcore
-httpcore==0.18.0
-    # via httpx
-httpx==0.25.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-idna==3.4
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpx
-    #   requests
-    #   yarl
-iniconfig==2.0.0
-    # via pytest
-jsonschema==4.19.2
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.7.1
-    # via jsonschema
-multidict==6.0.4
-    # via
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   yarl
-packaging==23.2
-    # via
-    #   docker
-    #   pytest
-pluggy==1.3.0
-    # via pytest
-pytest==7.4.3
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-    #   pytest-asyncio
-pytest-asyncio==0.21.1
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-    # via faker
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-pyyaml==6.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/_test.in
-referencing==0.30.2
-    # via
-    #   jsonschema
-    #   jsonschema-specifications
-requests==2.31.0
-    # via docker
-rpds-py==0.10.6
-    # via
-    #   jsonschema
-    #   referencing
-six==1.16.0
-    # via python-dateutil
-sniffio==1.3.0
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpcore
-    #   httpx
-tenacity==8.2.3
-    # via -r requirements/_test.in
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via pytest
-urllib3==2.0.7
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   docker
-    #   requests
-websocket-client==1.6.4
-    # via docker
-yarl==1.9.2
-    # via aiohttp
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --output-file requirements/_test.txt requirements/_test.in
+aiohttp==3.9.3
+aiosignal==1.3.1
+    # via aiohttp
+anyio==4.3.0
+    # via httpx
+async-timeout==4.0.3
+    # via aiohttp
+attrs==23.2.0
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
+certifi==2024.2.2
+    # via
+    #   httpcore
+    #   httpx
+    #   requests
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+    # via requests
+docker==7.0.0
+exceptiongroup==1.2.0
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   pytest
+faker==23.2.1
+frozenlist==1.4.1
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   aiosignal
+h11==0.14.0
+    # via httpcore
+httpcore==1.0.4
+    # via httpx
+httpx==0.27.0
+idna==3.6
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   httpx
+    #   requests
+    #   yarl
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+jsonschema==4.21.1
+jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
+    # via jsonschema
+multidict==6.0.5
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+packaging==23.2
+    # via
+    #   docker
+    #   pytest
+pluggy==1.4.0
+    # via pytest
+pytest==8.0.2
+    # via pytest-asyncio
+pytest-asyncio==0.23.5
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    # via faker
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+referencing==0.33.0
+    # via
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   jsonschema-specifications
+requests==2.31.0
+    # via docker
+rpds-py==0.18.0
+    # via
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
+six==1.16.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+sniffio==1.3.1
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   httpx
+tenacity==8.2.3
+tomli==2.0.1
+    # via pytest
+typing-extensions==4.10.0
+    # via anyio
+urllib3==2.2.1
+    # via
+    #   docker
+    #   requests
+yarl==1.9.4
+    # via aiohttp
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.in b/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.in
index 107085b321e..1def82c12a3 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.in
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 --constraint ../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+--constraint _base.txt
 --constraint _test.txt
 
 --requirement ../../../requirements/devenv.txt
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.txt b/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.txt
index 41c2c534d93..16adc064f13 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -1,106 +1,62 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
-# by the following command:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_tools.txt --strip-extras requirements/_tools.in
-#
-aiohttp==3.8.6
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   black
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-astroid==3.0.2
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile --output-file requirements/_tools.txt requirements/_tools.in
+astroid==3.1.0
     # via pylint
-async-timeout==4.0.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-attrs==23.1.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-black==23.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+black==24.2.0
 build==1.0.3
     # via pip-tools
 bump2version==1.0.1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
 cfgv==3.4.0
     # via pre-commit
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
 click==8.1.7
     # via
     #   black
     #   pip-tools
-dill==0.3.7
+dill==0.3.8
     # via pylint
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via virtualenv
 filelock==3.13.1
     # via virtualenv
-frozenlist==1.4.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   aiosignal
-identify==2.5.33
+identify==2.5.35
     # via pre-commit
-idna==3.4
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   yarl
 isort==5.13.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-    #   pylint
+    # via pylint
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via pylint
-multidict==6.0.4
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-    #   yarl
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via black
 nodeenv==1.8.0
     # via pre-commit
 packaging==23.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
 pathspec==0.12.1
     # via black
-pip-tools==7.3.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-platformdirs==4.1.0
+pip==24.0
+    # via pip-tools
+pip-tools==7.4.0
+platformdirs==4.2.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   pylint
     #   virtualenv
-pre-commit==3.6.0
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-pylint==3.0.3
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+pre-commit==3.6.2
+pylint==3.1.0
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
-    # via build
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
 pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via pre-commit
+ruff==0.2.2
+setuptools==69.1.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   pre-commit
-ruff==0.1.8
-    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+    #   nodeenv
+    #   pip-tools
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
@@ -108,19 +64,11 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pyproject-hooks
 tomlkit==0.12.3
     # via pylint
-typing-extensions==4.9.0
+typing-extensions==4.10.0
     # via
     #   astroid
     #   black
-virtualenv==20.25.0
+virtualenv==20.25.1
     # via pre-commit
 wheel==0.42.0
     # via pip-tools
-yarl==1.9.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
-    #   aiohttp
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# pip
-# setuptools
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/ci.txt b/tests/public-api/requirements/ci.txt
index f55aec6076e..ec07bd3c56b 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 # installs base + tests requirements
+--requirement _base.txt
 --requirement _test.txt
 
-osparc==0.6.5
-
-# installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
diff --git a/tests/public-api/requirements/dev.txt b/tests/public-api/requirements/dev.txt
index 128f4959134..da3888fc6e2 100644
--- a/tests/public-api/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/tests/public-api/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
 # make install-dev
 # make python-client
 #
-osparc
-
 
 # installs base + tests requirements
+--requirement _base.txt
 --requirement _test.txt
 --requirement _tools.txt
 
-# installs this repo's packages
 --editable ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
diff --git a/tests/swarm-deploy/Makefile b/tests/swarm-deploy/Makefile
index 3cbb743afcc..6f7fd026acb 100644
--- a/tests/swarm-deploy/Makefile
+++ b/tests/swarm-deploy/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ install:  install-ci
 
 install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install requirements in dev/prod/ci mode
 	# installing in $(subst install-,,$@) mode
-	pip-sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
+	@uv pip sync requirements/$(subst install-,,$@).txt
 
 
 .PHONY: tests
diff --git a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/ci.txt b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/ci.txt
index fb43661ff8b..0b682dd7a38 100644
--- a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 --requirement _test.txt
 
 # installs this repo's packages
-../../packages/models-library/
-../../packages/postgres-database/[migration]
-../../packages/pytest-simcore/
-../../packages/service-library/
-../../packages/settings-library/
-../../packages/simcore-sdk/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+simcore-postgres-database[migration] @ ../../packages/postgres-database/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library/
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
+simcore-sdk @ ../../packages/simcore-sdk/
diff --git a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/dev.txt b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/dev.txt
index 02cfbcfd962..ed2c7cee70a 100644
--- a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # installs this repo's packages
 --editable ../../packages/models-library/
---editable ../../packages/postgres-database/
+--editable ../../packages/postgres-database[migration]
 --editable ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
 --editable ../../packages/service-library/
 --editable ../../packages/settings-library/