diff --git a/.github/workflows/api_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/api_docs.yml
index 80ce4d52..61853ae6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api_docs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
       - main
 
 env:
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.3"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
   SYNC_LAST_N_HAYSTACK_VERSIONS: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
index 3c5a3447..8a84c100 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
 
 env:
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.4"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
 
 jobs:
   release-on-pypi:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index de95e1bb..278d5dc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.4"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   FORCE_COLOR: "1"
   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f591b710..7d0d1592 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ dependencies = ["haystack-ai", "pydantic"]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-experimental"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   # Pre-commit hook
   "pre-commit",
   # Type check
   "mypy",
+  "pip",
   # Test
   "pytest",
   "pytest-rerunfailures",
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ cov-report = ["- coverage combine", "coverage xml"]
 cov = ["test-cov", "cov-report"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.readme]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true                         # To avoid installing the dependencies from the default environment
 dependencies = ["haystack-pydoc-tools"]