diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/data-cicd.yml
index 98ab934bb..9503afc30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-cicd.yml
@@ -20,26 +20,25 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: setup uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r data/requirements.txt
+        run: uv pip install -r data/requirements.txt
       - run: pytest data
   #type-check:
   #  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   #  steps:
   #    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
   #- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-  #      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+  #      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
   #      with:
   #        python-version: "3.10"
+  #    - name: setup uv
+  #      run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
   #    - name: Install dependencies
-  #      run: |
-  #        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-  #        pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -r server/main-api/test/requirements.txt
+  #      run: uv pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
   #    - name: Run mypy
-  #      run: |
-  #        mypy --strict data
+  #      run: mypy --strict data
   data-build:
     needs:
       - data-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 3eb006305..81fc0aa7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements*.txt'
+      - name: setup uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
       - name: Install python dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -r server/main-api/test/requirements.txt
+        run: uv pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -r server/main-api/test/requirements.txt
       - name: Run pre-commit
         continue-on-error: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
         uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-data.yml b/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
index ded4ed742..eb71b423d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-data.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements*.txt'
+      - name: setup uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
       - name: Install python dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -r server/main-api/test/requirements.txt
+        run: uv pip install -r data/requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Download data
         continue-on-error: true # a PR deleting all data will be created if this fails => fail obvious
         run: |