diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3508974..9eb03a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v3
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 528553e..e070789 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Install the project and build its dependencies.
 install:
-    python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    python -m pip install -e . -r requirements-tests.txt
-
+    uv venv
+    uv pip install -e . -r requirements-tests.txt
+    
 # build sdist and wheel into dist/
 build:
     python -m pip install build