diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
index d340bc454..33059b287 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
@@ -3,38 +3,10 @@
 WORK_DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
 PROJECT_DIR="$(dirname "$WORK_DIR")"
 
-pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    echo >&2 -e "\npip is required but it's not installed."
-    echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
-    echo >&2 "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output-document=get-pip.py; chmod +x get-pip.py; sudo -H python3 get-pip.py"
-    echo >&2 -e "\n"
-    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see pip documentation: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/"
+uv --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo >&2 -e "\nuv is required but it's not installed."
+    echo >&2 -e "You can install it by following the instructions at https://github.com/astral-sh/uv#installation"
     exit 1;
 }
 
-virtualenv --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    echo >&2 -e "\nvirtualenv is required but it's not installed."
-    echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
-    echo >&2 "sudo -H pip3 install virtualenv"
-    echo >&2 -e "\n"
-    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see virtualenv documentation: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/"
-    exit 1;
-}
-
-if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
-    echo >&2 -e "\nYou need activate a virtualenv first"
-    echo >&2 -e 'If you do not have a virtualenv created, run the following command to create and automatically activate a new virtualenv named "venv" on current folder:\n'
-    echo >&2 -e "virtualenv venv --python=\`which python3\`"
-    echo >&2 -e "\nTo leave/disable the currently active virtualenv, run the following command:\n"
-    echo >&2  "deactivate"
-    echo >&2 -e "\nTo activate the virtualenv again, run the following command:\n"
-    echo >&2  "source venv/bin/activate"
-    echo >&2 -e "\nFor more information, see virtualenv documentation: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/"
-    echo >&2 -e "\n"
-    exit 1;
-else
-    uv sync --frozen
-    {%- if cookiecutter.use_heroku == "y" -%}
-    pip install -r $PROJECT_DIR/requirements.txt
-    {%- endif %}
-fi
+uv sync --locked