diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-generated-files.yml b/.github/workflows/check-generated-files.yml
index a26e7319795b..475699c45d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-generated-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-generated-files.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
         with:
           version: "0.4.x"
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: update apt-get
         run: sudo apt-get update -y -q
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends-cloud.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends-cloud.yml
index 6c5f9503f6bc..e760b977df1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends-cloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends-cloud.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
 
       - name: install additional deps
         if: matrix.backend.key == 'snowpark'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
index 660cff417dec..f5981b00fe1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v2
         env:
@@ -486,6 +488,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: install other deps
         if: matrix.backend.additional_deps != null
@@ -601,6 +605,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
         # it requires a version of pandas that pyspark is not compatible with
       - name: remove lonboard
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-benchmarks.yml
index df922d52c840..4d0b67cae083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-benchmarks.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: install system dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get install -qq -y build-essential libgeos-dev freetds-dev unixodbc-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-main.yml
index 9e549ae0a47e..f4bdc6df20ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-main.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: install ${{ matrix.os }} system dependencies
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -154,6 +158,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v2
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index c1149b997fe9..ebdc5cbf2a9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v2
         env: