diff --git a/.github/workflows/crowdin_upload.yml b/.github/workflows/crowdin_upload.yml
index 000ecca6..bd00d5bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/crowdin_upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/crowdin_upload.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.13.9"
           cache: 'pip'
-      - name: Upgrade pip and setuptools
-        run: pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+      - name: Upgrade pip
+        run: pip install --upgrade pip
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: pip install --user .
         working-directory: src/backend
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 04f729fd..21d120fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FROM python:3.13.9-alpine AS base
 
 # Upgrade pip to its latest release to speed up dependencies installation
 # We must do taht to avoid having an outdated pip version with security issues
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
 # Upgrade system packages to install security updates
 RUN apk update && \
diff --git a/src/backend/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
index 3410373f..43ffc379 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # drive package
 #
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.9.26,<0.10.0"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "drive"
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 description = "An application managing files in a workspace."
 keywords = ["Django", "Contacts", "Templates", "RBAC"]
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-readme = "README.md"
+license = "MIT"
 requires-python = "~=3.13.0"
 dependencies = [
     "boto3==1.42.19",
@@ -92,12 +91,13 @@ dev = [
     "types-requests==2.32.4.20250913",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = { find = { where = ["."], exclude = ["tests"] } }
-zip-safe = true
-
-[tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
-universal = true
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+module-root = ""
+source-exclude = [
+    "**/tests/**",
+    "**/test_*.py",
+    "**/tests.py",
+]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = [