diff --git a/vizro-ai/changelog.d/20240828_100707_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md b/vizro-ai/changelog.d/20240828_100707_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1f65e73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizro-ai/changelog.d/20240828_100707_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<!--
+A new scriv changelog fragment.
+
+Uncomment the section that is right (remove the HTML comment wrapper).
+-->
+
+<!--
+### Highlights ✨
+
+- A bullet item for the Highlights ✨ category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Removed
+
+- A bullet item for the Removed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Added
+
+- A bullet item for the Added category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Changed
+
+- A bullet item for the Changed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Deprecated
+
+- A bullet item for the Deprecated category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Fixed
+
+- A bullet item for the Fixed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Security
+
+- A bullet item for the Security category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
diff --git a/vizro-ai/hatch.toml b/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
index 74a419c41..1d731c8a3 100644
--- a/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
+++ b/vizro-ai/hatch.toml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 python = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [envs.changelog]
-dependencies = ["scriv"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "scriv"]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- hatch run lint:lint --files=CHANGELOG.md"]}
 
 [envs.default]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "devtools[pygments]",
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "chromedriver-autoinstaller>=0.6.4",
   "urllib3<2.0.0"  # helps to resolve bug with urllib3 timeout from vizro-ai integration tests: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-jenkins/+bug/2018567
 ]
+installer = "uv"
 
 [envs.default.env-vars]
 VIZRO_AI_LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ test-unit-coverage = [
 
 [envs.docs]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "mkdocs>=1.6",
   "mkdocs-material",
   "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin",
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "linkchecker"
 ]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 
 [envs.docs.scripts]
 build = "mkdocs build --strict"
@@ -69,9 +74,11 @@ serve = "mkdocs serve --open"
 
 [envs.lint]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "pre-commit"
 ]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 scripts = {lint = "SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run {args:--all-files}"}
 
 [envs.lower-bounds]
diff --git a/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240828_094811_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240828_094811_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1f65e73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240828_094811_maximilian_schulz_add_uv_as_installer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<!--
+A new scriv changelog fragment.
+
+Uncomment the section that is right (remove the HTML comment wrapper).
+-->
+
+<!--
+### Highlights ✨
+
+- A bullet item for the Highlights ✨ category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Removed
+
+- A bullet item for the Removed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Added
+
+- A bullet item for the Added category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Changed
+
+- A bullet item for the Changed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Deprecated
+
+- A bullet item for the Deprecated category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Fixed
+
+- A bullet item for the Fixed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Security
+
+- A bullet item for the Security category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
diff --git a/vizro-core/hatch.toml b/vizro-core/hatch.toml
index 29838e8d0..a4d7050fb 100644
--- a/vizro-core/hatch.toml
+++ b/vizro-core/hatch.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ matrix.python.features = [
 ]
 
 [envs.changelog]
-dependencies = ["scriv"]
+dependencies = ["pip", "scriv"]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 scripts = {add = "scriv create --add", collect = ["scriv collect --add", "- hatch run lint:lint --files=CHANGELOG.md"]}
 
 [envs.default]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "devtools[pygments]",
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "openpyxl",
   "jupyter"
 ]
+installer = "uv"
 
 [envs.default.scripts]
 example = "hatch run examples:example {args:scratch_dev}"  # shortcut script to underlying example environment script.
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ test-unit-coverage = [
 
 [envs.docs]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "mkdocs>=1.6",
   "mkdocs-material",
   "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin",
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "mkdocs-pycafe"
 ]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 
 [envs.docs.scripts]
 build = "mkdocs build --strict"
@@ -78,11 +83,13 @@ serve = "mkdocs serve --open"
 
 [envs.examples]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "pyyaml",
   # black is required to run the example _visual-vocabulary. This is completely independent of the black used in linting
   # our code. When this moves to HuggingFace we can remove the requirement from here.
   "black==24.4.2"
 ]
+installer = "uv"
 scripts = {example = "cd examples/{args:scratch_dev}; python app.py"}
 # This environment doesn't inherit from default but does install Vizro.
 template = "examples"
@@ -93,9 +100,11 @@ VIZRO_LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
 
 [envs.lint]
 dependencies = [
+  "pip",
   "pre-commit"
 ]
 detached = true
+installer = "uv"
 scripts = {lint = "SKIP=gitleaks pre-commit run {args:--all-files}"}
 
 [envs.lower-bounds]