diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 84391b9..b411ddb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ jobs:
             platform_id: win_amd64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+        if: runner.os != 'Linux'
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: all
           CIBW_BUILD: cp${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.platform_id }}
+          CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: 'build[uv]'
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cibw-wheels-cp${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.platform_id }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
@@ -45,14 +49,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        name: Install Python
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-      - run: python -m pip install build
       - name: Build sdist
-        run: python -m build --sdist
+        run: pipx run uv tool run --with build[uv] --from build python -m build --installer uv
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db778ca..c888b5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ testfiles*/
 dps.cpp
 
 _version.py
+.uv/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 591d544..ee7539f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ fallback_version = "Unknown"
 test-command = "datasetbuilder -h"
 build = ["cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*"]
 skip = ["*-win32", "*-manylinux_i686", "*-musllinux*"]
-before-test = ["pip install replace-pip-with-uv-pip"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 environment-pass = ["CIBW_BUILD"]