diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index a8708c5e3b3..60a31b3eb60 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ RUN mkdir logs
 VOLUME /app/logs
 
 # Setup Python
-COPY python/ /app/python/
+COPY --chown=devlake:devlake python/ /app/python/
 RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache --upgrade pip setuptools && \
     python3 -m pip install --no-cache -r python/requirements.txt && \
     python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
-# Setup Python Poetry package manager
-RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - --version 2.2.1
-ENV PATH="$PATH:/app/.local/bin"
+# Setup Python package manager
+RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_UNMANAGED_INSTALL=/app/.local/bin sh
+ENV PATH="/app/.local/bin:${PATH}"
 
 # Build Python plugins, make sure the scripts has execute permission
 # RUN find /app/python/ -name "*.sh" | xargs -I{} chmod +x {}
@@ -182,4 +182,3 @@ USER devlake
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
 
 CMD ["lake"]
-
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 698f9915ec2..17f166e0bef 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ unit-test-go:
 	scripts/unit-test-go.sh
 
 build-pydevlake:
-	poetry install -C python/pydevlake
+	sh python/uv.sh sync python/pydevlake
 
 unit-test-python: build-pydevlake
 	sh python/build.sh python/test &&\
diff --git a/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/build.sh b/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/build.sh
index f0db2fed087..43613c9878a 100755
--- a/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/build.sh
+++ b/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/build.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-poetry install
+sh ../../uv.sh sync .
diff --git a/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/run.sh b/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/run.sh
index e1ea5dd32e8..deae743d954 100755
--- a/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/run.sh
+++ b/backend/python/plugins/azuredevops/run.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-poetry run python azuredevops/main.py "$@"
+sh ../../uv.sh python . azuredevops/main.py "$@"
diff --git a/backend/python/run_tests.sh b/backend/python/run_tests.sh
index cbd32a73d86..41c5982f092 100755
--- a/backend/python/run_tests.sh
+++ b/backend/python/run_tests.sh
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-cd "${0%/*}" # make sure we're in the correct dir
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(CDPATH= cd -- "${0%/*}" && pwd)
 
-for test_dir in $(find . -type f -name "*_test.py" | xargs dirname | sort -u); do
+for test_dir in $(find "$SCRIPT_DIR" -path '*/.venv' -prune -o -type f -name "*_test.py" -print | xargs dirname | sort -u); do
+  project_dir=$(dirname "$test_dir")
   printf "Running Python tests in $test_dir\n"
-  cd $test_dir
-  poetry run pytest
+  sh "$SCRIPT_DIR/uv.sh" sync "$project_dir"
+  sh "$SCRIPT_DIR/uv.sh" pytest "$project_dir" "$test_dir"
   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
     exit 1
   fi
-  cd -
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+done
diff --git a/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/build.sh b/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/build.sh
index f0db2fed087..43613c9878a 100755
--- a/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/build.sh
+++ b/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/build.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-poetry install
+sh ../../uv.sh sync .
diff --git a/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/run.sh b/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/run.sh
index e02a7ca2f06..77bcc448fa0 100755
--- a/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/run.sh
+++ b/backend/python/test/fakeplugin/run.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-echo sys path $PATH >&2
-[ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] && echo "Using virtualenv: $VIRTUAL_ENV" >&2 && . "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate"
-
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-poetry run python fakeplugin/main.py "$@"
+sh ../../uv.sh python . fakeplugin/main.py "$@"
diff --git a/backend/python/uv.sh b/backend/python/uv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..9e9d7696f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/uv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -eu
+
+resolve_path() {
+  CDPATH= cd -- "$1" && pwd
+}
+
+ensure_uv() {
+  if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  uv_install_dir=${DEVLAKE_UV_INSTALL_DIR:-${HOME:-$(pwd)}/.local/bin}
+  if [ -x "$uv_install_dir/uv" ]; then
+    PATH="$uv_install_dir:$PATH"
+    export PATH
+    return 0
+  fi
+  mkdir -p "$uv_install_dir"
+  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_UNMANAGED_INSTALL="$uv_install_dir" sh
+  PATH="$uv_install_dir:$PATH"
+  export PATH
+}
+
+sync_project() {
+  project_dir=$(resolve_path "$1")
+  ensure_uv
+  cd "$project_dir"
+  if [ -d .venv ] && [ ! -x .venv/bin/python ]; then
+    rm -rf .venv
+  fi
+  if [ -x .venv/bin/python ] && ! .venv/bin/python -c "import sys" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rm -rf .venv
+  fi
+  if [ ! -x .venv/bin/python ]; then
+    uv venv --python "${DEVLAKE_PYTHON_VERSION:-3.9}" .venv
+  fi
+  uv pip install --python .venv/bin/python -e .
+}
+
+ensure_project_python() {
+  project_dir=$(resolve_path "$1")
+  if [ ! -x "$project_dir/.venv/bin/python" ]; then
+    sync_project "$project_dir"
+  else
+    ensure_uv
+  fi
+  printf '%s/.venv/bin/python\n' "$project_dir"
+}
+
+run_python() {
+  project_dir=$(resolve_path "$1")
+  shift
+  python_bin=$(ensure_project_python "$project_dir")
+  exec "$python_bin" "$@"
+}
+
+run_pytest() {
+  project_dir=$(resolve_path "$1")
+  shift
+  ensure_uv
+  python_bin=$(ensure_project_python "$project_dir")
+  uv pip install --python "$python_bin" pytest
+  exec "$python_bin" -m pytest "$@"
+}
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 {sync|python|pytest} <project-dir> [args...]" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+command_name=${1:-}
+[ -n "$command_name" ] || usage
+shift
+
+case "$command_name" in
+  sync)
+    [ $# -eq 1 ] || usage
+    sync_project "$1"
+    ;;
+  python)
+    [ $# -ge 2 ] || usage
+    project_dir=$1
+    shift
+    run_python "$project_dir" "$@"
+    ;;
+  pytest)
+    [ $# -ge 1 ] || usage
+    project_dir=$1
+    shift
+    run_pytest "$project_dir" "$@"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    usage
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/devops/docker/lake-builder/Dockerfile b/devops/docker/lake-builder/Dockerfile
index 61363f0bcff..bcd56208f18 100644
--- a/devops/docker/lake-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/docker/lake-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -71,6 +71,5 @@ ENV GOPATH=/go
 ENV GOROOT=
 ENV PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}
 
-# Python Poetry package manager
-RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
-RUN ln -sf /root/.local/bin/poetry /usr/local/bin
\ No newline at end of file
+# Python package manager
+RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_UNMANAGED_INSTALL=/usr/local/bin sh