diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-code-review.yml b/.github/workflows/ai-code-review.yml
index 3a4c3a9d6a..8976272fa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-code-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-code-review.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
         id: setup-uv
         with:
-          version: "0.5.5"
+          version: "0.12.5"
           enable-cache: true
       - name: Find existing Claude bot comment
         id: find-comment
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-checks.yml
index de33fe357f..f0019bf877 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-checks.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
         id: setup-uv
         with:
-          version: "0.5.5"
+          version: "0.12.5"
           enable-cache: true
 
       - name: Install python dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
index 4ff391464d..4c4651834c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
         id: setup-uv
         with:
-          version: "0.5.5"
+          version: "0.12.5"
           enable-cache: true
       - run: pip install codecov
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude.yml b/.github/workflows/claude.yml
index b00feb72b7..e8685a9798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claude.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
         id: setup-uv
         with:
-          version: "0.5.5"
+          version: "0.12.5"
           enable-cache: true
       - name: Run Claude
         uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/graphql-schema.yml b/.github/workflows/graphql-schema.yml
index fef0d214cf..ef4d8d6232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/graphql-schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/graphql-schema.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
         with:
-          version: "0.5.5"
+          version: "0.12.5"
           enable-cache: true
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/Dockerfile.python.local b/Dockerfile.python.local
index 023fe04fb2..b2457963ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.python.local
+++ b/Dockerfile.python.local
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ ARG FUNCTION_DIR
 RUN mkdir -p ${FUNCTION_DIR}
 WORKDIR ${FUNCTION_DIR}
 
-RUN pip install uv==0.5.5
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.12.5 /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
+ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:${PATH}"
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${FUNCTION_DIR}/assets
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 8b3e37c761..3af0515d2e 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ FROM base AS build-stage
 
 ARG FUNCTION_DIR
 
-RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y \
-    gcc git
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y gcc git
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${FUNCTION_DIR}
 WORKDIR ${FUNCTION_DIR}
 
-RUN pip install uv==0.5.5
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.12.5 /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
+ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:${PATH}"
 
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ RUN uv sync --no-dev
 
 COPY . ./
 
-RUN .venv/bin/python manage.py graphql_schema
+RUN python manage.py graphql_schema
 
 # Build custom admin components
 
@@ -81,12 +82,15 @@ ENV NLTK_DATA=/home/app/nltk_data
 COPY --chown=app:app --from=js-stage ${FUNCTION_DIR}/dist/*.html ${FUNCTION_DIR}/custom_admin/templates/astro/
 COPY --chown=app:app --from=js-stage ${FUNCTION_DIR}/dist/widgets/*.html ${FUNCTION_DIR}/custom_admin/templates/astro/widgets/
 COPY --chown=app:app --from=js-stage ${FUNCTION_DIR}/dist/_astro ${FUNCTION_DIR}/custom_admin/static/_astro/
-COPY --chown=app:app --from=build-stage ${FUNCTION_DIR}/.venv ${FUNCTION_DIR}/.venv
+COPY --chown=app:app --from=build-stage /opt/venv /opt/venv
 
 COPY --chown=app:app . ${FUNCTION_DIR}
 COPY ./entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
-RUN mkdir -p assets && .venv/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:${PATH}"
+
+RUN mkdir -p assets && python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
 ENV PGSSLCERT=/tmp/postgresql.crt
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/web_task.tf b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/web_task.tf
index 9deabf302e..62df88c44f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/web_task.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/web_task.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "web" {
       essential         = true
 
       command = [
-        "/home/app/.venv/bin/gunicorn", "-w", "5", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000", "pycon.wsgi"
+        "gunicorn", "-w", "5", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000", "pycon.wsgi"
       ]
 
       dockerLabels = {
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
index 180b812047..b691ddfc0b 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "worker" {
       essential         = true
 
       command = [
-        "/home/app/.venv/bin/celery", "-A", "pycon", "worker", "-l", "info", "-E"
+        "celery", "-A", "pycon", "worker", "-l", "info", "-E"
       ]
 
       environment = local.env_vars
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "worker" {
       essential         = false
 
       command = [
-        "/home/app/.venv/bin/python", "manage.py", "migrate"
+        "bin/python", "manage.py", "migrate"
       ]
 
       environment = local.env_vars
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "beat" {
       essential         = true
 
       command = [
-        "/home/app/.venv/bin/celery", "-A", "pycon", "beat", "-l", "info"
+        "celery", "-A", "pycon", "beat", "-l", "info"
       ]
 
       environment = local.env_vars
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker_heavy_processing.tf b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker_heavy_processing.tf
index e4596a09f0..6d0cc7348a 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker_heavy_processing.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker_heavy_processing.tf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "heavy_processing_worker" {
       essential         = true
 
       command = [
-        "/home/app/.venv/bin/celery", "-A", "pycon", "worker", "-l", "info", "-Q", "heavy_processing", "--hostname", "heavyprocessing@%h", "-E"
+        "celery", "-A", "pycon", "worker", "-l", "info", "-Q", "heavy_processing", "--hostname", "heavyprocessing@%h", "-E"
       ]
 
       environment = local.env_vars