diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 6eea9edd..6f09209b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install python essentials
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -U setuptools setuptools_scm wheel
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip uv
+        uv pip install -U setuptools setuptools_scm wheel
     - name: Install dependencies complete
       if: matrix.only-minimal != true
-      run: pip install -e .[all,testing]
+      run: uv pip install -e .[all,testing]
     - name: Install dependencies minimal
       if: matrix.only-minimal == true
-      run: pip install -e .[testing]
+      run: uv pip install -e .[testing]
     - name: Unit tests
       run: pytest
     - name: Notebook flow tests