diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8-and-mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/flake8-and-mypy.yml
index fe9d10159f..2e259bdd05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flake8-and-mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake8-and-mypy.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          # uv==0.8.6 is the last version that supports python 3.9
-          python -m pip install uv==0.8.6
+          # needed for Python 3.9 compatibility
+          python -m pip install uv>=0.8.8
           python -m uv sync --extra dev --active
 
       - name: Flake8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests.yml
index 492b1277db..ec1fc6ded0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-and-integration-tests.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          # uv==0.8.6 is the last version that supports python 3.9
-          python -m pip install uv==0.8.6
+          # needed for Python 3.9 compatibility
+          python -m pip install uv>=0.8.8
           python -m uv sync --extra dev --active
 
       - name: Unit tests