diff --git a/automation/Dockerfile b/automation/Dockerfile
index e61b470a..ed6beb53 100644
--- a/automation/Dockerfile
+++ b/automation/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 FROM python:3.9-bookworm
 # py3.9 because of collections.Iterable
 
+ADD --chmod=755 https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh /install.sh
+RUN /install.sh && rm /install.sh
+
 # install requirements
 COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN /root/.cargo/bin/uv pip install --system --no-cache -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+
 
 # copy the app
 COPY . /app