diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a10b02e69b..5ee44fc1eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = ["uv_build"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "crawlee"
 version = "1.8.4"
 description = "Crawlee for Python"
 authors = [{ name = "Apify Technologies s.r.o.", email = "support@apify.com" }]
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Environment :: Console",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -148,18 +148,9 @@ dev = [
     "uvicorn[standard]<1.0.0",
 ]
 
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = ["src/crawlee"]
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
-only-include = [
-    "src/crawlee",
-    "CHANGELOG.md",
-    "CONTRIBUTING.md",
-    "LICENSE",
-    "README.md",
-    "pyproject.toml",
-]
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+# The module, pyproject.toml, README, and LICENSE are included in the sdist by default.
+source-include = ["CHANGELOG.md", "CONTRIBUTING.md"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
diff --git a/src/crawlee/project_template/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/Dockerfile b/src/crawlee/project_template/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/Dockerfile
index dcab0ea94c..639e251387 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/project_template/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/crawlee/project_template/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUN echo "Python version:" \
 RUN pip install --no-deps --force-reinstall "playwright=={{ playwright_version }}"
 # % endif
 # % elif cookiecutter.package_manager == 'uv'
-COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11 /uv /uvx /bin/
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.12 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT="/usr/local"