diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 247278ee..008269a1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ COPY                                                    s6-rc.d/
 # NOTE(frank): I don't like this first line. However, the code in the dist/ folder of the plugins
 #              isn't looking in the dist folder of the types. I think this is because we don't
 #              bubble up index.ts files.
+
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 RUN cd /app/worker.py                                                                                                                            && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools                                                                                          && \
+    uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools                                                                              && \
     apt-get update                                                                                                                               && \
     apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends lsb-release curl gpg                                                                            && \
     curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${NODE_VERSION_MAJOR}.x | bash -                                                                 && \
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ RUN cd /app/worker.py
     echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod bookworm main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list && \
     apt-get update                                                                                                                               && \
     ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends msodbcsql18                                                                         && \
-    pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r ${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}                                                                                          && \
+    uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir -r ${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}                                                                               && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*                                                                                                                  && \
     apt-get clean                                                                                                                                && \
     find /app/orchestrator/bin /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;                                                             && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.worker.python b/Dockerfile.worker.python
index 6a4ee33b..51584099 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.worker.python
+++ b/Dockerfile.worker.python
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ COPY ./workers/python/src/ /usr/app/worker-python/src/
 #              by write this file to disk, the import of this dependency will not log the creation of a file.
 COPY ./workers/python/canalyst.json /root/canalyst/keys.json
 
+
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 RUN set -ex; \
-    pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    pip install --upgrade setuptools && \
+    uv pip install --system --upgrade setuptools && \
     groupadd --gid 1000 node && \
     useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node && \
     apt-get update && \
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     apt-get update && \
     ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql18 ${EXTRA_DEBIAN_PACKAGES} && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    pip3 install -r requirements.txt && \
+    uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt && \
     chmod -R u=rwx,go=rx /usr/app/worker-python
 
 # this will fail if theres a dif
diff --git a/workers/python/Dockerfile.freeze b/workers/python/Dockerfile.freeze
index 0a05ca1f..21c06488 100644
--- a/workers/python/Dockerfile.freeze
+++ b/workers/python/Dockerfile.freeze
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cmake libblas-dev liblapack-dev && pyth
 
 # install existing deps
 COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # argument for additional dependency
 ARG ADDITIONAL_DEP
 
 # run additional install
-RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir ${ADDITIONAL_DEP}
+RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir ${ADDITIONAL_DEP}
 
 # update requirements file
 RUN pip freeze > requirements.txt