diff --git a/.github/container/Dockerfile.base b/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
index e1310c696..4ef373212 100644
--- a/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 # both pip-24.0 and pip-23.3.1 in the system, but use 23.3.1 with equivalency patch (see above).
 RUN pip install --upgrade --ignore-installed --no-cache-dir -e /opt/pip "pip-tools==7.4.1" && rm -rf ~/.cache/*
 
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv
+
 # The symlinks for CUDA/cuDNN/NCCL exist to make the container's installations
 # of those components conform to XLA's expectations for local installations.