diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
index 3d400487f3..97be22d052 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
@@ -23,20 +23,26 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
-      - name: Install dependencies
+
+      # Setup venv
+      # TODO: revisit when https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/1526 is addressed.
+      - name: Setup venv + uv
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[dev]
-      - run: ruff check tests src contrib # linter
-      - run: ruff format --check tests src contrib # formatter
-      - run: python utils/check_contrib_list.py
-      - run: python utils/check_static_imports.py
-      - run: python utils/generate_async_inference_client.py
-      - run: python utils/generate_inference_types.py
+          pip install --upgrade uv
+          uv venv
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv pip install "huggingface_hub[dev] @ ."
+      - run: .venv/bin/ruff check tests src contrib # linter
+      - run: .venv/bin/ruff format --check tests src contrib # formatter
+      - run: .venv/bin/python utils/check_contrib_list.py
+      - run: .venv/bin/python utils/check_static_imports.py
+      - run: .venv/bin/python utils/generate_async_inference_client.py
+      - run: .venv/bin/python utils/generate_inference_types.py
 
       # Run type checking at least on huggingface_hub root file to check all modules
       # that can be lazy-loaded actually exist.
-      - run: mypy src/huggingface_hub/__init__.py --follow-imports=silent --show-traceback
+      - run: .venv/bin/mypy src/huggingface_hub/__init__.py --follow-imports=silent --show-traceback
 
       # Run mypy on full package
-      - run: mypy src
+      - run: .venv/bin/mypy src
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
index 618a5a934e..d04939e273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+      # Setup venv
+      # TODO: revisit when https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/1526 is addressed.
+      - name: Setup venv + uv
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade uv
+          uv venv
+
       # Install dependencies
-      - name: Configure and install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[testing]
+          uv pip install "huggingface_hub[testing] @ ."
 
           case "${{ matrix.test_name }}" in
 
@@ -63,25 +69,22 @@ jobs:
               ;;
 
             fastai | torch)
-              pip install .[${{ matrix.test_name }}]
+              uv pip install "huggingface_hub[${{ matrix.test_name }}] @ ."
               ;;
 
             tensorflow)
               sudo apt update
               sudo apt install -y graphviz
-              pip install .[tensorflow]
+              uv pip install "huggingface_hub[tensorflow] @ ."
               ;;
 
           esac
 
-      # Easy debugging if CI is broken
-      - name: Pip freeze
-        run: pip freeze
-
       # Run tests
       - name: Run tests
         working-directory: ./src # For code coverage to work
         run: |
+          source ../.venv/bin/activate
           PYTEST="python -m pytest --cov=./huggingface_hub --cov-report=xml:../coverage.xml --vcr-record=none --reruns 5 --reruns-delay 1 --only-rerun '(OSError|Timeout|HTTPError.*502|HTTPError.*504||not less than or equal to 0.01)'"
 
           case "${{ matrix.test_name }}" in
@@ -148,20 +151,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      # Install dependencies
-      - name: Configure and install dependencies
+      # Setup venv
+      # TODO: revisit when https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/1526 is addressed.
+      - name: Setup venv + uv
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[testing]
+          pip install --upgrade uv
+          uv venv
 
-      # Easy debugging if CI is broken
-      - name: Pip freeze
-        run: pip freeze
+      # Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv pip install "huggingface_hub[testing] @ ."
 
       # Run tests
       - name: Run tests
         working-directory: ./src # For code coverage to work
-        run: python -m pytest -n 4 --cov=./huggingface_hub --cov-report=xml:../coverage.xml --vcr-record=none --reruns 5 --reruns-delay 1 --only-rerun '(OSError|Timeout|HTTPError.*502|HTTPError.*504|not less than or equal to 0.01)' ../tests
+        run: |
+          ..\.venv\Scripts\activate
+          python -m pytest -n 4 --cov=./huggingface_hub --cov-report=xml:../coverage.xml --vcr-record=none --reruns 5 --reruns-delay 1 --only-rerun '(OSError|Timeout|HTTPError.*502|HTTPError.*504|not less than or equal to 0.01)' ../tests
 
       # Upload code coverage
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action