diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 66b4d66683..38d64bf804 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.10.2,<0.11"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
+
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+module-root = ""
 
 [tool.mypy]
 strict = true