diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 05f4e350..800182e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/release.yml
 
 env:
   # Latest Jupyter requires this to acknowledge deprecation
@@ -56,7 +59,9 @@ jobs:
       - if: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' }}
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
-      - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17.0
+      - uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v4
+
+      - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.py }}-*
           CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.arch }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c336fb5..26aa07bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ files = ["src"]
 no_implicit_optional = false
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
+build-frontend = "build[uv]"
 # update skip when numpy wheels become available
 skip = ["*-musllinux_*", "cp31?-manylinux_i686"]
 test-requires = "pytest"
@@ -139,3 +140,4 @@ PIP_ONLY_BINARY = ":all:"
 select = "cp3?-*"
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux2010"
 manylinux-i686-image = "manylinux2010"
+build-frontend = "build"