diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 395cd2eca..45e89a007 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
             . .venv/bin/activate
             uv pip install -e "napari/[pyqt5,docs]"
           environment:
-            PIP_CONSTRAINT: napari/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.12_docs.txt
+            UV_CONSTRAINT: napari/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.12_docs.txt
       - run:
           name: Build docs
           command: |
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
             cd docs
             xvfb-run --auto-servernum make << parameters.make_target >>
           environment:
-            PIP_CONSTRAINT: ../napari/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.12_docs.txt
+            UV_CONSTRAINT: ../napari/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.12_docs.txt
       - store_artifacts:
           path: docs/docs/_build/html/
       - save_cache: