diff --git a/integrations/amazon_bedrock/CHANGELOG.md b/integrations/amazon_bedrock/CHANGELOG.md
index 43ab788d3..de3647acc 100644
--- a/integrations/amazon_bedrock/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/integrations/amazon_bedrock/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [integrations/amazon_bedrock-v1.0.5] - 2024-10-17
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Add prefixes to supported model patterns to allow cross region model ids (#1127)
+
 ## [integrations/amazon_bedrock-v1.0.4] - 2024-10-16
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/integrations/amazon_bedrock/pyproject.toml b/integrations/amazon_bedrock/pyproject.toml
index 1298abfab..872d4933b 100644
--- a/integrations/amazon_bedrock/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/amazon_bedrock/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/amazon_bedrock-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 
diff --git a/integrations/amazon_sagemaker/pyproject.toml b/integrations/amazon_sagemaker/pyproject.toml
index a25b806f6..219b4c2df 100644
--- a/integrations/amazon_sagemaker/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/amazon_sagemaker/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/amazon_sagemaker-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/anthropic/pyproject.toml b/integrations/anthropic/pyproject.toml
index 987f017be..21e23fbb4 100644
--- a/integrations/anthropic/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/anthropic/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/anthropic-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 
diff --git a/integrations/astra/pyproject.toml b/integrations/astra/pyproject.toml
index 25bcf20b8..f9e8fe982 100644
--- a/integrations/astra/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/astra/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/astra-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml b/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
index 27b204432..7f0943a30 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/chroma-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -61,8 +62,10 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.9", "3.10"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
 dependencies = [
+  "pip", 
   "black>=23.1.0",
   "mypy>=1.0.0",
   "ruff>=0.0.243",
diff --git a/integrations/cohere/pyproject.toml b/integrations/cohere/pyproject.toml
index d86165668..262b1612d 100644
--- a/integrations/cohere/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/cohere/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/cohere-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = [
diff --git a/integrations/deepeval/pyproject.toml b/integrations/deepeval/pyproject.toml
index 5d81fa0a5..6ef64387b 100644
--- a/integrations/deepeval/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/deepeval/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/deepeval-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest", "pytest-rerunfailures", "haystack-pydoc-tools"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:src/}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/elasticsearch/pyproject.toml b/integrations/elasticsearch/pyproject.toml
index 47b168f30..8bf01cc65 100644
--- a/integrations/elasticsearch/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/elasticsearch/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/elasticsearch-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml b/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
index 69aba5562..8686c9e7a 100644
--- a/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/fastembed/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/fastembed-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "numpy"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "numpy"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/google_ai/pyproject.toml b/integrations/google_ai/pyproject.toml
index 88fbcd61c..9a4a070e7 100644
--- a/integrations/google_ai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/google_ai/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/google_ai-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/google_vertex/pyproject.toml b/integrations/google_vertex/pyproject.toml
index 51bc4ffd7..d8b7b3408 100644
--- a/integrations/google_vertex/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/google_vertex/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/google_vertex-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/chat/gemini.py b/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/chat/gemini.py
index f09692daf..c52f76dc6 100644
--- a/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/chat/gemini.py
+++ b/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/chat/gemini.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator:
     from haystack.dataclasses import ChatMessage
     from haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex import VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator
 
-    gemini_chat = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(project_id=project_id)
+    gemini_chat = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator()
 
     messages = [ChatMessage.from_user("Tell me the name of a movie")]
     res = gemini_chat.run(messages)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         model: str = "gemini-1.5-flash",
-        project_id: str,
+        project_id: Optional[str] = None,
         location: Optional[str] = None,
         generation_config: Optional[Union[GenerationConfig, Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
         safety_settings: Optional[Dict[HarmCategory, HarmBlockThreshold]] = None,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def __init__(
         Authenticates using Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADCs).
         For more information see the official [Google documentation](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc).
 
-        :param project_id: ID of the GCP project to use.
+        :param project_id: ID of the GCP project to use. By default, it is set during Google Cloud authentication.
         :param model: Name of the model to use. For available models, see https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/models.
         :param location: The default location to use when making API calls, if not set uses us-central-1.
             Defaults to None.
diff --git a/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/gemini.py b/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/gemini.py
index 2b1c1b477..737f2e668 100644
--- a/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/gemini.py
+++ b/integrations/google_vertex/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/google_vertex/gemini.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class VertexAIGeminiGenerator:
     from haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex import VertexAIGeminiGenerator
 
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(project_id=project_id)
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator()
     result = gemini.run(parts = ["What is the most interesting thing you know?"])
     for answer in result["replies"]:
         print(answer)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         model: str = "gemini-1.5-flash",
-        project_id: str,
+        project_id: Optional[str] = None,
         location: Optional[str] = None,
         generation_config: Optional[Union[GenerationConfig, Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
         safety_settings: Optional[Dict[HarmCategory, HarmBlockThreshold]] = None,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def __init__(
         Authenticates using Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADCs).
         For more information see the official [Google documentation](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc).
 
-        :param project_id: ID of the GCP project to use.
+        :param project_id: ID of the GCP project to use. By default, it is set during Google Cloud authentication.
         :param model: Name of the model to use. For available models, see https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/models.
         :param location: The default location to use when making API calls, if not set uses us-central-1.
         :param generation_config: The generation config to use.
diff --git a/integrations/google_vertex/tests/chat/test_gemini.py b/integrations/google_vertex/tests/chat/test_gemini.py
index 6b1308dab..0d77bd9c6 100644
--- a/integrations/google_vertex/tests/chat/test_gemini.py
+++ b/integrations/google_vertex/tests/chat/test_gemini.py
@@ -90,14 +90,12 @@ def test_init(mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 @patch("haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.chat.gemini.GenerativeModel")
 def test_to_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(
-        project_id="TestID123",
-    )
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator()
     assert gemini.to_dict() == {
         "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.chat.gemini.VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator",
         "init_parameters": {
             "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
-            "project_id": "TestID123",
+            "project_id": None,
             "location": None,
             "generation_config": None,
             "safety_settings": None,
@@ -132,6 +130,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_params(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
     gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(
         project_id="TestID123",
+        location="TestLocation",
         generation_config=generation_config,
         safety_settings=safety_settings,
         tools=[tool],
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_params(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
         "init_parameters": {
             "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
             "project_id": "TestID123",
-            "location": None,
+            "location": "TestLocation",
             "generation_config": {
                 "temperature": 0.5,
                 "top_p": 0.5,
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ def test_from_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
         {
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.chat.gemini.VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
-                "project_id": "TestID123",
+                "project_id": None,
                 "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
                 "generation_config": None,
                 "safety_settings": None,
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ def test_from_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
     )
 
     assert gemini._model_name == "gemini-1.5-flash"
-    assert gemini._project_id == "TestID123"
+    assert gemini._project_id is None
     assert gemini._safety_settings is None
     assert gemini._tools is None
     assert gemini._tool_config is None
@@ -221,6 +220,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_param(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.chat.gemini.VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
                 "project_id": "TestID123",
+                "location": "TestLocation",
                 "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
                 "generation_config": {
                     "temperature": 0.5,
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_param(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
     assert gemini._model_name == "gemini-1.5-flash"
     assert gemini._project_id == "TestID123"
+    assert gemini._location == "TestLocation"
     assert gemini._safety_settings == {HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT: HarmBlockThreshold.BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH}
     assert repr(gemini._tools) == repr([Tool(function_declarations=[GET_CURRENT_WEATHER_FUNC])])
     assert isinstance(gemini._tool_config, ToolConfig)
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ def test_run(mock_generative_model):
         ChatMessage.from_system("You are a helpful assistant"),
         ChatMessage.from_user("What's the capital of France?"),
     ]
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(project_id="TestID123", location=None)
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator()
     response = gemini.run(messages=messages)
 
     mock_model.send_message.assert_called_once()
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ def streaming_callback(_chunk: StreamingChunk) -> None:
         nonlocal streaming_callback_called
         streaming_callback_called = True
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(project_id="TestID123", location=None, streaming_callback=streaming_callback)
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiChatGenerator(streaming_callback=streaming_callback)
     messages = [
         ChatMessage.from_system("You are a helpful assistant"),
         ChatMessage.from_user("What's the capital of France?"),
diff --git a/integrations/google_vertex/tests/test_gemini.py b/integrations/google_vertex/tests/test_gemini.py
index 9ec3529d7..b3d6dd5f5 100644
--- a/integrations/google_vertex/tests/test_gemini.py
+++ b/integrations/google_vertex/tests/test_gemini.py
@@ -78,14 +78,12 @@ def test_init(mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 @patch("haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.gemini.GenerativeModel")
 def test_to_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(
-        project_id="TestID123",
-    )
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator()
     assert gemini.to_dict() == {
         "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.gemini.VertexAIGeminiGenerator",
         "init_parameters": {
             "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
-            "project_id": "TestID123",
+            "project_id": None,
             "location": None,
             "generation_config": None,
             "safety_settings": None,
@@ -120,6 +118,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_params(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
     gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(
         project_id="TestID123",
+        location="TestLocation",
         generation_config=generation_config,
         safety_settings=safety_settings,
         tools=[tool],
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_params(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
         "init_parameters": {
             "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
             "project_id": "TestID123",
-            "location": None,
+            "location": "TestLocation",
             "generation_config": {
                 "temperature": 0.5,
                 "top_p": 0.5,
@@ -181,7 +180,8 @@ def test_from_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
         {
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.gemini.VertexAIGeminiGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
-                "project_id": "TestID123",
+                "project_id": None,
+                "location": None,
                 "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
                 "generation_config": None,
                 "safety_settings": None,
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ def test_from_dict(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
     )
 
     assert gemini._model_name == "gemini-1.5-flash"
-    assert gemini._project_id == "TestID123"
+    assert gemini._project_id is None
+    assert gemini._location is None
     assert gemini._safety_settings is None
     assert gemini._tools is None
     assert gemini._tool_config is None
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_param(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.google_vertex.gemini.VertexAIGeminiGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
                 "project_id": "TestID123",
+                "location": "TestLocation",
                 "model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
                 "generation_config": {
                     "temperature": 0.5,
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_param(_mock_vertexai_init, _mock_generative_model):
 
     assert gemini._model_name == "gemini-1.5-flash"
     assert gemini._project_id == "TestID123"
+    assert gemini._location == "TestLocation"
     assert gemini._safety_settings == {HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT: HarmBlockThreshold.BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH}
     assert repr(gemini._tools) == repr([Tool(function_declarations=[GET_CURRENT_WEATHER_FUNC])])
     assert isinstance(gemini._generation_config, GenerationConfig)
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ def test_run(mock_generative_model):
     mock_model.generate_content.return_value = MagicMock()
     mock_generative_model.return_value = mock_model
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(project_id="TestID123", location=None)
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator()
 
     response = gemini.run(["What's the weather like today?"])
 
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ def streaming_callback(_chunk: StreamingChunk) -> None:
         nonlocal streaming_callback_called
         streaming_callback_called = True
 
-    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(model="gemini-pro", project_id="TestID123", streaming_callback=streaming_callback)
+    gemini = VertexAIGeminiGenerator(model="gemini-pro", streaming_callback=streaming_callback)
     gemini.run(["Come on, stream!"])
     assert streaming_callback_called
 
diff --git a/integrations/instructor_embedders/pyproject.toml b/integrations/instructor_embedders/pyproject.toml
index 458c0ae0c..e165aa10d 100644
--- a/integrations/instructor_embedders/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/instructor_embedders/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
   # Commenting some of them to not interfere with the dependencies of Haystack.
   #"transformers==4.20.0",
   "datasets>=2.2.0",
+  "huggingface_hub<0.26.0",
   #"pyarrow==8.0.0",
   "jsonlines",
   "numpy",
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/instructor_embedders-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["38", "39", "310", "311"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
diff --git a/integrations/jina/pyproject.toml b/integrations/jina/pyproject.toml
index cbd8df479..c89eeacb4 100644
--- a/integrations/jina/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/jina/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/jina-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest", "pytest-rerunfailures", "haystack-pydoc-tools"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/langfuse/pyproject.toml b/integrations/langfuse/pyproject.toml
index 61de4596c..44397b572 100644
--- a/integrations/langfuse/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/langfuse/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/langfuse-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
diff --git a/integrations/llama_cpp/pyproject.toml b/integrations/llama_cpp/pyproject.toml
index acf42d958..a33434e1b 100644
--- a/integrations/llama_cpp/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/llama_cpp/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/llama_cpp-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
     "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
     "pytest",
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
diff --git a/integrations/mistral/pyproject.toml b/integrations/mistral/pyproject.toml
index 16f332331..06d02c0aa 100644
--- a/integrations/mistral/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/mistral/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/mistral-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = [
diff --git a/integrations/mongodb_atlas/pyproject.toml b/integrations/mongodb_atlas/pyproject.toml
index 95ed6c03a..bdf1a2dc1 100644
--- a/integrations/mongodb_atlas/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/mongodb_atlas/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/mongodb_atlas-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/nvidia/pyproject.toml b/integrations/nvidia/pyproject.toml
index b5c6dd205..7f0048c1b 100644
--- a/integrations/nvidia/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/nvidia/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/nvidia-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = [
diff --git a/integrations/ollama/pyproject.toml b/integrations/ollama/pyproject.toml
index bc8555140..598d1d214 100644
--- a/integrations/ollama/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/ollama/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/ollama-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
     "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
     "pytest",
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
diff --git a/integrations/opensearch/pyproject.toml b/integrations/opensearch/pyproject.toml
index 24f1653bd..54c194470 100644
--- a/integrations/opensearch/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/opensearch/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/opensearch-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "boto3"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "boto3"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/optimum/pyproject.toml b/integrations/optimum/pyproject.toml
index 305af6042..6149997ed 100644
--- a/integrations/optimum/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/optimum/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/optimum-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -76,8 +77,9 @@ python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
diff --git a/integrations/pgvector/pyproject.toml b/integrations/pgvector/pyproject.toml
index 014d163bc..3f20dfbb1 100644
--- a/integrations/pgvector/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/pgvector/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/pgvector-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/pinecone/pyproject.toml b/integrations/pinecone/pyproject.toml
index 3f2e4d6bd..1a19cb2b7 100644
--- a/integrations/pinecone/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/pinecone/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/pinecone-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "numpy"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "numpy"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/qdrant/pyproject.toml b/integrations/qdrant/pyproject.toml
index 898fd2dcf..f0e7e7342 100644
--- a/integrations/qdrant/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/qdrant/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/qdrant-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest", "pytest-rerunfailures", "haystack-pydoc-tools"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/ragas/pyproject.toml b/integrations/ragas/pyproject.toml
index dd56e35f6..179bcce16 100644
--- a/integrations/ragas/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/ragas/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/ragas-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:src/}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:.}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/snowflake/pyproject.toml b/integrations/snowflake/pyproject.toml
index 355e9d090..0e089fe79 100644
--- a/integrations/snowflake/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/snowflake/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/snowflake-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest", "pytest-rerunfailures", "haystack-pydoc-tools"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]
diff --git a/integrations/unstructured/pyproject.toml b/integrations/unstructured/pyproject.toml
index 88bd463b2..14f58594c 100644
--- a/integrations/unstructured/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/unstructured/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/unstructured-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = [
diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml b/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
index ede385877..70b045bc4 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ root = "../.."
 git_describe_command = 'git describe --tags --match="integrations/weaviate-v[0-9]*"'
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest", "pytest-rerunfailures", "ipython"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
 test = "pytest {args:tests}"
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ docs = ["pydoc-markdown pydoc/config.yml"]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true
-dependencies = ["black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "black>=23.1.0", "mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --explicit-package-bases {args:src/ tests}"
 style = ["ruff check {args:}", "black --check --diff {args:.}"]