diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 536ed1c..199c122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout main
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout lndocs
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: laminlabs/lndocs
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.READ_LNDOCS }}
           path: lndocs
           ref: main
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Cache pre-commit
diff --git a/laminci/nox.py b/laminci/nox.py
index e1d299d..84d263b 100644
--- a/laminci/nox.py
+++ b/laminci/nox.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def run_pytest(session: Session, coverage: bool = True, env: Optional[Dict] = No
 def build_docs(session: Session, strict: bool = False, strip_prefix: bool = False):
     prefix = "." if Path("./lndocs").exists() else ".."
     if nox.options.default_venv_backend == "none":
-        session.run(*f"pip install {prefix}/lndocs".split())
+        session.run(*f"uv pip install --system {prefix}/lndocs".split())
     else:
         session.install(f"{prefix}/lndocs")
     # do not simply add instance creation here
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3551f28..1cd51df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dynamic = ["version", "description"]
 dependencies = [
     # this CANNOT depend on lamindb as long as we use it
     # as an upstream dependency within lndb!
+    "uv",
     "nox",
     "lamin_utils",
     "pyyaml",