diff --git a/.github/actions/breeze/action.yml b/.github/actions/breeze/action.yml
index 69ebcc7c66e6e..cbb1642b97812 100644
--- a/.github/actions/breeze/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/breeze/action.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ inputs:
   python-version:
     description: 'Python version to use'
     default: "3.9"
+  use-uv:
+    description: 'Whether to use uv tool'
+    required: "true"
+    type: "string"
 outputs:
   host-python-version:
     description: Python version used in host
@@ -33,13 +37,11 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-        cache: 'pip'
-        cache-dependency-path: ./dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
+    # NOTE! Installing Breeze without using cache is FASTER than when using cache - uv is so fast and has
+    # so low overhead, that just running upload cache/restore cache is slower than installing it from scratch
     - name: "Install Breeze"
       shell: bash
       run: ./scripts/ci/install_breeze.sh
-      env:
-        PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
     - name: "Free space"
       shell: bash
       run: breeze ci free-space
@@ -56,3 +58,15 @@ runs:
       run: breeze setup config --no-cheatsheet --no-asciiart
       env:
         AIRFLOW_SOURCES_ROOT: "${{ github.workspace }}"
+    - name: "Use uv "
+      shell: bash
+      run: breeze setup config --use-uv
+      env:
+        AIRFLOW_SOURCES_ROOT: "${{ github.workspace }}"
+      if: inputs.use-uv == 'true'
+    - name: "Don't use uv "
+      shell: bash
+      run: breeze setup config --no-use-uv
+      env:
+        AIRFLOW_SOURCES_ROOT: "${{ github.workspace }}"
+      if: inputs.use-uv != 'true'
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml
index 8c704e5367ba2..dc175fd53d432 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml
@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@
 name: 'Install pre-commit'
 description: 'Installs pre-commit and related packages'
 inputs:
+  # TODO(potiuk): automate update of these versions
   python-version:
     description: 'Python version to use'
-    default: 3.9
+    default: "3.9"
   uv-version:
     description: 'uv version to use'
-    default: 0.5.5
+    default: "0.5.13"
   pre-commit-version:
     description: 'pre-commit version to use'
-    default: 4.0.1
+    default: "4.0.1"
   pre-commit-uv-version:
     description: 'pre-commit-uv version to use'
-    default: 4.1.4
+    default: "4.1.4"
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -40,10 +41,35 @@ runs:
         pip install uv==${{inputs.uv-version}} || true
         uv tool install pre-commit==${{inputs.pre-commit-version}} --with uv==${{inputs.uv-version}} \
         --with pre-commit-uv==${{inputs.pre-commit-uv-version}}
-    - name: Cache pre-commit envs
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
+    # We need to use tar file with archive to restore all the permissions and symlinks
+    - name: "Delete ~.cache"
+      run: |
+        du ~/ --max-depth=2
+        echo
+        echo Deleting ~/.cache
+        echo
+        rm -rf ~/.cache
+        echo
+      shell: bash
+    - name: "Restore pre-commit cache"
+      uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
       with:
-        path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-        key: "pre-commit-${{inputs.python-version}}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}"
-        restore-keys: |
-          pre-commit-${{inputs.python-version}}-
+        key: cache-pre-commit-v4-${{ inputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+        path: /tmp/
+      id: restore-pre-commit-cache
+    - name: "Restore .cache from the tar file"
+      run: tar -C ~ -xzf /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.restore-pre-commit-cache.outputs.stash-hit == 'true'
+    - name: "Show restored files"
+      run: |
+        echo "Restored files"
+        du ~/ --max-depth=2
+        echo
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.restore-pre-commit-cache.outputs.stash-hit == 'true'
+    - name: Install pre-commit hooks
+      shell: bash
+      run: pre-commit install-hooks || (cat ~/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log && exit 1)
+      working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image/action.yml b/.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image/action.yml
index 2f8757c14cddd..4cfec042c5550 100644
--- a/.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image/action.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ inputs:
   platform:
     description: 'Platform for the build - linux/amd64 or linux/arm64'
     required: true
+  use-uv:
+    description: 'Whether to use uv'
+    required: true
 outputs:
   host-python-version:
     description: Python version used in host
@@ -40,11 +43,13 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
     - name: "Install Breeze"
       uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+      with:
+        use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       id: breeze
     - name: "Restore ${{ inputs.image-type }} docker image ${{ inputs.platform }}:${{ inputs.python }}"
       uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
       with:
-        key: "${{ inputs.image-type }}-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.python }}"
+        key: ${{ inputs.image-type }}-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.python }}
         path: "/tmp/"
     - name: "Load ${{ inputs.image-type }} image ${{ inputs.platform }}:${{ inputs.python }}"
       run: >
diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare_single_ci_image/action.yml b/.github/actions/prepare_single_ci_image/action.yml
index e44a2e62321cc..9cdb7c6288f27 100644
--- a/.github/actions/prepare_single_ci_image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare_single_ci_image/action.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ runs:
     - name: "Restore CI docker images ${{ inputs.platform }}:${{ inputs.python }}"
       uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
       with:
-        key: "ci-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.python }}"
+        key: ci-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.python }}
         path: "/tmp/"
       if: contains(inputs.python-versions-list-as-string, inputs.python)
     - name: "Load CI image ${{ inputs.platform }}:${{ inputs.python }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/additional-ci-image-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/additional-ci-image-checks.yml
index 40196a6e04296..35389089eccd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/additional-ci-image-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/additional-ci-image-checks.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       python-versions: ${{ inputs.python-versions }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       constraints-branch: ${{ inputs.constraints-branch }}
-      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv}}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       docker-cache: ${{ inputs.docker-cache }}
       disable-airflow-repo-cache: ${{ inputs.disable-airflow-repo-cache }}
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Login to ghcr.io"
         run: echo "${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
       - name: "Check that image builds quickly"
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
 #      platform: "linux/arm64"
 #      branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 #      constraints-branch: ${{ inputs.constraints-branch }}
-#      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv}}
+#      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
 #      upgrade-to-newer-dependencies: ${{ inputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}
 #      docker-cache: ${{ inputs.docker-cache }}
 #      disable-airflow-repo-cache:  ${{ inputs.disable-airflow-repo-cache }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/additional-prod-image-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/additional-prod-image-tests.yml
index 62dd723999a8c..038bd74e0fbaa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/additional-prod-image-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/additional-prod-image-tests.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Which version of python should be used by default"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   prod-image-extra-checks-main:
     name: PROD image extra checks (main)
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ jobs:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           image-type: "prod"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Test examples of PROD image building"
         run: "
           cd ./docker_tests && \
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           image-type: "prod"
           python: ${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         id: breeze
       - name: "Test docker-compose quick start"
         run: breeze testing docker-compose-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
index 47f80f05b7ac7..6c389efbe60f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether to run only latest version checks (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv in the image"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   run-breeze-tests:
     timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -72,16 +76,12 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Cleanup docker"
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: "Install Breeze"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
         with:
-          python-version: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: ./dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
-      - run: pip install --editable ./dev/breeze/
-      - run: python -m pytest -n auto --color=yes
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+      - run: uv tool run --from apache-airflow-breeze pytest -n auto --color=yes
         working-directory: ./dev/breeze/
-
-
   tests-ui:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: React UI tests
@@ -108,15 +108,24 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 21
           cache: 'pnpm'
           cache-dependency-path: 'airflow/ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
-      - name: "Cache eslint"
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: "Restore eslint cache (ui)"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
-          path: 'airflow/ui/node_modules'
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-ui-node-modules-${{ hashFiles('airflow/ui/**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+          path: airflow/ui/node_modules/
+          key: cache-ui-node-modules-v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('airflow/ui/**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+        id: restore-eslint-cache
       - run: cd airflow/ui && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - run: cd airflow/ui && pnpm test
         env:
           FORCE_COLOR: 2
+      - name: "Save eslint cache (ui)"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          path: airflow/ui/node_modules/
+          key: cache-ui-node-modules-v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('airflow/ui/**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
+        if: steps.restore-eslint-cache.outputs.stash-hit != 'true'
 
   tests-www:
     timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -137,15 +146,66 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 21
-      - name: "Cache eslint"
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: "Restore eslint cache (www)"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
-          path: 'airflow/www/node_modules'
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-www-node-modules-${{ hashFiles('airflow/www/**/yarn.lock') }}
+          path: airflow/www/node_modules/
+          key: cache-www-node-modules-v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('airflow/www/**/yarn.lock') }}
+        id: restore-eslint-cache
       - run: yarn --cwd airflow/www/ install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
       - run: yarn --cwd airflow/www/ run test
         env:
           FORCE_COLOR: 2
+      - name: "Save eslint cache (www)"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          path: airflow/www/node_modules/
+          key: cache-www-node-modules-v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('airflow/www/**/yarn.lock') }}
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
+        if: steps.restore-eslint-cache.outputs.stash-hit != 'true'
+
+  install-pre-commit:
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    name: "Install pre-commit for cache"
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    env:
+      PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
+    if: inputs.basic-checks-only == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: "Cleanup repo"
+        shell: bash
+        run: docker run -v "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}:/workspace" -u 0:0 bash -c "rm -rf /workspace/*"
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Install Breeze"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
+      - name: "Install pre-commit"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
+        id: pre-commit
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version}}
+      - name: "Prepare .tar file from pre-commit cache"
+        run: |
+          tar -C ~ -czf /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz .cache/pre-commit .cache/uv
+        shell: bash
+      # Saving pre-commit cache should happen only in one job in the entire workflow - because otherwise
+      # it will cause 409 conflict errors - see https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/478
+      # the way it works with airflow - even if the same action is in "ci-image-tests" the if condition
+      # above `if: inputs.basic-checks-only == 'true'` will prevent it from running in the other job
+      - name: "Save pre-commit[pre-commit] cache"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+          key: cache-pre-commit-v4-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          path: /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
 
   # Those checks are run if no image needs to be built for checks. This is for simple changes that
   # Do not touch any of the python code or any of the important files that might require building
@@ -154,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: "Static checks: basic checks only"
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-public) }}
+    needs: install-pre-commit
     if: inputs.basic-checks-only == 'true'
     steps:
       - name: "Cleanup repo"
@@ -165,20 +226,10 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Cleanup docker"
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
-      - name: "Setup python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: ./dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
-      - name: "Setup python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: ./dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         id: breeze
       - name: "Install pre-commit"
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
@@ -216,6 +267,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: "Upgrade checks"
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-public) }}
+    needs: install-pre-commit
     env:
       PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
     if: inputs.canary-run == 'true' && inputs.latest-versions-only != 'true'
@@ -229,12 +281,16 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Cleanup docker"
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
-      # Install python from scratch. No cache used. We always want to have fresh version of everything
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: "Install Breeze"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
         with:
-          python-version: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
-      - name: "Install latest pre-commit"
-        run: pip install pre-commit
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
+      - name: "Install pre-commit"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
+        id: pre-commit
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version}}
       - name: "Autoupdate all pre-commits"
         run: pre-commit autoupdate
       - name: "Run automated upgrade for black"
@@ -305,6 +361,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist files"
         run: rm -fv ./dist/*
       - name: Setup git for tagging
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-image-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-image-build.yml
index bed2233dfcb07..553a509e4bf11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-image-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-image-build.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-      USE_UV: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       VERBOSE: "true"
     steps:
       - name: "Cleanup repo"
@@ -128,6 +127,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Login to ghcr.io"
         run: echo "${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
       - name: >
@@ -159,8 +160,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Stash CI docker image ${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}"
         uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
-          key: "ci-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}"
+          key: ci-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}
           path: "/tmp/ci-image-save-*-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}.tar"
           if-no-files-found: 'error'
-          retention-days: 2
+          retention-days: '2'
         if: inputs.upload-image-artifact == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
index 8e0e5e71dd00a..24c843a094f8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
@@ -104,12 +104,59 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether to run coverage or not (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv to build the image (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
+  install-pre-commit:
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    name: "Install pre-commit for cache"
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    env:
+      PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
+    if: inputs.basic-checks-only == 'false'
+    steps:
+      - name: "Cleanup repo"
+        shell: bash
+        run: docker run -v "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}:/workspace" -u 0:0 bash -c "rm -rf /workspace/*"
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Install Breeze"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
+      - name: "Install pre-commit"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
+        id: pre-commit
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version}}
+      - name: "Prepare .tar file from pre-commit cache"
+        run: |
+          tar -C ~ -czf /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz .cache/pre-commit .cache/uv
+        shell: bash
+      # Saving pre-commit cache should happen only in one job in the entire workflow - because otherwise
+      # it will cause 409 conflict errors - see https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/478
+      # the way it works with airflow - even if the same action is in "basic-tests" the if condition
+      # above `if: inputs.basic-checks-only == 'false'` will prevent it from running in the other job
+      - name: "Save pre-commit cache"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+          key: cache-pre-commit-v4-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          path: /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
+
   static-checks:
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: "Static checks"
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    needs: install-pre-commit
     env:
       PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
       UPGRADE_TO_NEWER_DEPENDENCIES: "${{ inputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}"
@@ -123,17 +170,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - name: "Setup python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: ./dev/breeze/pyproject.toml
       - name: "Prepare breeze & CI image: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         id: breeze
       - name: "Install pre-commit"
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
@@ -154,6 +196,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: "MyPy checks"
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    needs: install-pre-commit
     if: inputs.needs-mypy == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -175,6 +218,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         id: breeze
       - name: "Install pre-commit"
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-pre-commit
@@ -221,24 +265,32 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
-        id: cache-doc-inventories
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+      - name: "Restore docs inventory cache"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
           path: ./docs/_inventory_cache/
-          key: docs-inventory-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml;') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            docs-inventory-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml;') }}
-            docs-inventory-
+          # TODO(potiuk): do better with determining the key
+          key: cache-docs-inventory-v1-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+        id: restore-docs-inventory-cache
       - name: "Building docs with ${{ matrix.flag }} flag"
         run: >
           breeze build-docs ${{ inputs.docs-list-as-string }} ${{ matrix.flag }}
+      - name: "Save docs inventory cache"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          path: ./docs/_inventory_cache/
+          key: cache-docs-inventory-v1-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
+        if: steps.restore-docs-inventory-cache != 'true'
       - name: "Upload build docs"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: airflow-docs
           path: './docs/_build'
-          retention-days: 7
-          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: '7'
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
         if: matrix.flag == '--docs-only'
 
   publish-docs:
@@ -283,6 +335,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Publish docs"
         run: >
           breeze release-management publish-docs --override-versioned --run-in-parallel
@@ -355,6 +408,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Generate airflow python client"
         run: >
           breeze release-management prepare-python-client --package-format both
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 04e97f46d75ac..9ddeec96d2a08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
       test-groups: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.test-groups }}
       testable-core-integrations: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.testable-core-integrations }}
       testable-providers-integrations: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.testable-providers-integrations }}
+      use-uv: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
       upgrade-to-newer-dependencies: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}
     steps:
       - name: "Cleanup repo"
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
       - name: "Get information about the Workflow"
         id: source-run-info
         run: breeze ci get-workflow-info 2>> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
@@ -171,7 +175,6 @@ jobs:
           PR_LABELS: "${{ steps.source-run-info.outputs.pr-labels }}"
           COMMIT_REF: "${{ github.sha }}"
           VERBOSE: "false"
-
         run: breeze ci selective-check 2>> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
       - name: env
         run: printenv
@@ -193,6 +196,8 @@ jobs:
       skip-pre-commits: ${{needs.build-info.outputs.skip-pre-commits}}
       canary-run: ${{needs.build-info.outputs.canary-run}}
       latest-versions-only: ${{needs.build-info.outputs.latest-versions-only}}
+      use-uv: ${{needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv}}
+
   build-ci-images:
     name: Build CI images
     needs: [build-info]
@@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
       upload-image-artifact: "true"
       python-versions: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.python-versions }}
       branch: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-branch }}
-      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
       upgrade-to-newer-dependencies: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}
       constraints-branch: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-constraints-branch }}
       docker-cache: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.docker-cache }}
@@ -239,7 +244,7 @@ jobs:
       latest-versions-only: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.latest-versions-only }}
       include-success-outputs: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.include-success-outputs }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
-      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
 
   generate-constraints:
@@ -257,6 +262,7 @@ jobs:
       generate-no-providers-constraints: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.canary-run }}
       chicken-egg-providers: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.chicken-egg-providers }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   ci-image-checks:
     name: "CI image checks"
@@ -285,6 +291,7 @@ jobs:
       needs-api-codegen: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.needs-api-codegen }}
       default-postgres-version: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-postgres-version }}
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   providers:
     name: "Provider packages tests"
@@ -308,6 +315,7 @@ jobs:
       skip-providers-tests: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.skip-providers-tests }}
       python-versions: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.python-versions }}
       providers-test-types-list-as-string: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.providers-test-types-list-as-string }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-helm:
     name: "Helm tests"
@@ -322,6 +330,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on-as-json-public: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.runs-on-as-json-public }}
       helm-test-packages: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.helm-test-packages }}
       default-python-version: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-python-version }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: >
       needs.build-info.outputs.needs-helm-tests == 'true' &&
       needs.build-info.outputs.default-branch == 'main' &&
@@ -351,6 +360,7 @@ jobs:
       run-migration-tests: "true"
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
 
   tests-mysql:
@@ -377,6 +387,7 @@ jobs:
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       run-migration-tests: "true"
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
 
   tests-sqlite:
@@ -405,6 +416,7 @@ jobs:
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       run-migration-tests: "true"
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
 
   tests-non-db:
@@ -432,6 +444,7 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
 
   tests-special:
@@ -462,6 +475,7 @@ jobs:
       upgrade-to-newer-dependencies: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}
       include-success-outputs: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.include-success-outputs }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-integration-system:
     name: Integration and System Tests
@@ -482,6 +496,7 @@ jobs:
       skip-providers-tests: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.skip-providers-tests }}
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
 
   tests-with-lowest-direct-resolution:
@@ -512,6 +527,7 @@ jobs:
       run-coverage: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
       monitor-delay-time-in-seconds: 120
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   build-prod-images:
     name: Build PROD images
@@ -533,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
       python-versions: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.python-versions }}
       default-python-version: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-python-version }}
       branch: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-branch }}
-      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
       build-provider-packages: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-branch == 'main' }}
       upgrade-to-newer-dependencies: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.upgrade-to-newer-dependencies }}
       chicken-egg-providers: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.chicken-egg-providers }}
@@ -555,6 +571,7 @@ jobs:
       disable-airflow-repo-cache: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.disable-airflow-repo-cache }}
       default-python-version: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-python-version }}
       canary-run: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.canary-run }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.prod-image-build == 'true'
 
   tests-kubernetes:
@@ -570,7 +587,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on-as-json-default: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.runs-on-as-json-default }}
       python-versions-list-as-string: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.python-versions-list-as-string }}
       include-success-outputs: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.include-success-outputs }}
-      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
       debug-resources: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.debug-resources }}
       kubernetes-combos: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.kubernetes-combos }}
     if: >
@@ -590,6 +607,7 @@ jobs:
       default-python-version: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.default-python-version }}
       python-versions: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.python-versions }}
       run-task-sdk-tests: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.run-task-sdk-tests }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
     if: >
       ( needs.build-info.outputs.run-task-sdk-tests == 'true' ||
       needs.build-info.outputs.run-tests == 'true' &&
@@ -624,6 +642,7 @@ jobs:
       docker-cache: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.docker-cache }}
       disable-airflow-repo-cache: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.disable-airflow-repo-cache }}
       canary-run: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.canary-run }}
+      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.use-uv }}
 
   notify-slack-failure:
     name: "Notify Slack on Failure"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index ca54b398202c6..3f4d7221fc61e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: "true"
       - name: "Get information about the Workflow"
         id: source-run-info
         run: breeze ci get-workflow-info 2>> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/finalize-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/finalize-tests.yml
index b8fd240235f10..17f467162ceca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/finalize-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/finalize-tests.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether this is a canary run (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv to build the image (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   update-constraints:
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-public) }}
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       python-versions: ${{ inputs.python-versions }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       constraints-branch: ${{ inputs.constraints-branch }}
-      use-uv: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.force-pip == 'true' && 'false' || 'true' }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       docker-cache: ${{ inputs.docker-cache }}
       disable-airflow-repo-cache: ${{ inputs.disable-airflow-repo-cache }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-constraints.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-constraints.yml
index 332d32e3160d2..d865c34efc435 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-constraints.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-constraints.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether to run in debug mode (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uvloop (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   generate-constraints:
     permissions:
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         id: breeze
       - name: "Prepare all CI images: ${{ inputs.python-versions-list-as-string}}"
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_all_ci_images
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
index d7f3f0b4d5bf0..5e3143b8a9e28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Which version of python should be used by default"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uvloop (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   tests-helm:
     timeout-minutes: 80
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Helm Unit Tests: ${{ matrix.helm-test-package }}"
         run: breeze testing helm-tests --test-type "${{ matrix.helm-test-package }}"
 
@@ -91,6 +96,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: Setup git for tagging
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "name@example.com"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-system-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-system-tests.yml
index 0a6fd1fb406c7..5d5773846daa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-system-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-system-tests.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Debug resources (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   tests-core-integration:
     timeout-minutes: 130
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Integration: core ${{ matrix.integration }}"
         # yamllint disable rule:line-length
         run: ./scripts/ci/testing/run_integration_tests_with_retry.sh core "${{ matrix.integration }}"
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Integration: providers ${{ matrix.integration }}"
         run: ./scripts/ci/testing/run_integration_tests_with_retry.sh providers "${{ matrix.integration }}"
       - name: "Post Tests success"
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "System Tests"
         run: >
           ./scripts/ci/testing/run_system_tests.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
index e83cf68fb0e6f..43ae3c9ed8581 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
@@ -49,10 +49,56 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         required: true
         type: string
 jobs:
+  cache-k8s-environment:
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    name: "K8S System: prepare cached environment"
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    env:
+      GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
+      VERBOSE: "true"
+    steps:
+      - name: "Cleanup repo"
+        shell: bash
+        run: docker run -v "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}:/workspace" -u 0:0 bash -c "rm -rf /workspace/*"
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Install Breeze"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
+      - name: "Restore cache folder with tools for kubernetes testing"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          key: "\
+              cache-k8s-env-v1-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-\
+              ${{ hashFiles('scripts/ci/kubernetes/k8s_requirements.txt','hatch_build.py') }}"
+          path: ".build/k8s-env"
+        id: restore-k8s-env-cache
+      - name: "Setup K8S environment"
+        run: breeze k8s setup-env --force-venv-setup
+        env:
+          VERBOSE: "false"
+      - name: "Save cache folder with tools for kubernetes testing"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
+        with:
+          key: "\
+            cache-k8s-env-v1-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-\
+            ${{ hashFiles('scripts/ci/kubernetes/k8s_requirements.txt','hatch_build.py') }}"
+          path: ".build/k8s-env"
+          if-no-files-found: 'error'
+          retention-days: '2'
+        if: steps.restore-k8s-env-cache.outputs.stash-hit != 'true'
+
   tests-kubernetes:
-    timeout-minutes: 240
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     name: "K8S System:${{ matrix.executor }}-${{ matrix.kubernetes-combo }}-${{ matrix.use-standard-naming }}"
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on-as-json-default) }}
+    needs: cache-k8s-environment
     strategy:
       matrix:
         executor: [KubernetesExecutor, CeleryExecutor, LocalExecutor]
@@ -85,13 +131,16 @@ jobs:
           platform: ${{ inputs.platform }}
           image-type: "prod"
           python: ${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}
-      - name: "Cache bin folder with tools for kubernetes testing"
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
+        id: breeze
+      - name: "Restore cache folder with tools for kubernetes testing"
+        uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
-          path: ".build/.k8s-env"
           key: "\
-            k8s-env-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-\
+            cache-k8s-env-v1-${{ steps.breeze.outputs.host-python-version }}-\
             ${{ hashFiles('scripts/ci/kubernetes/k8s_requirements.txt','hatch_build.py') }}"
+          path: ".build/k8s-env"
+        id: restore-k8s-env-cache
       - name: "\
           Run complete K8S tests ${{ matrix.executor }}-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}-\
           ${{env.KUBERNETES_VERSION}}-${{ matrix.use-standard-naming }}"
@@ -110,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
             kind-logs-${{ matrix.kubernetes-combo }}-${{ matrix.executor }}-\
             ${{ matrix.use-standard-naming }}"
           path: /tmp/kind_logs_*
-          retention-days: 7
+          retention-days: '7'
       - name: "\
           Upload test resource logs on failure ${{ matrix.executor }}-${{ matrix.kubernetes-combo }}-\
           ${{ matrix.use-standard-naming }}"
@@ -121,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
             k8s-test-resources-${{ matrix.kubernetes-combo }}-${{ matrix.executor }}-\
             ${{ matrix.use-standard-naming }}"
           path: /tmp/k8s_test_resources_*
-          retention-days: 7
+          retention-days: '7'
       - name: "Delete clusters just in case they are left"
         run: breeze k8s delete-cluster --all
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prod-image-build.yml b/.github/workflows/prod-image-build.yml
index 4ee3538429222..81e4346e6a0d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prod-image-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prod-image-build.yml
@@ -133,16 +133,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Cleanup docker"
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
         if: inputs.upload-package-artifact == 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
-        if: inputs.upload-package-artifact == 'true'
       - name: "Cleanup dist and context file"
         shell: bash
         run: rm -fv ./dist/* ./docker-context-files/*
         if: inputs.upload-package-artifact == 'true'
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         if: inputs.upload-package-artifact == 'true'
       - name: "Prepare providers packages"
         shell: bash
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-      USE_UV: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       VERBOSE: "true"
     steps:
       - name: "Cleanup repo"
@@ -220,6 +217,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist and context file"
         shell: bash
         run: rm -fv ./dist/* ./docker-context-files/*
@@ -280,8 +279,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Stash PROD docker image ${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}"
         uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/save@c94b890bbedc2fc61466d28e6bd9966bc6c6643c
         with:
-          key: "prod-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}"
+          key: prod-image-save-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}
           path: "/tmp/prod-image-save-*-${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}.tar"
           if-no-files-found: 'error'
-          retention-days: 2
+          retention-days: '2'
         if: inputs.upload-image-artifact == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-image-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/push-image-cache.yml
index 004c97a647bd9..2d125e35066dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-image-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-image-cache.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
       INCLUDE_SUCCESS_OUTPUTS: "${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}"
       INSTALL_MYSQL_CLIENT_TYPE: ${{ inputs.install-mysql-client-type }}
       PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ matrix.python }}"
-      USE_UV: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       UPGRADE_TO_NEWER_DEPENDENCIES: "false"
       VERBOSE: "true"
       VERSION_SUFFIX_FOR_PYPI: "dev0"
@@ -127,6 +126,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: Login to ghcr.io
         run: echo "${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
       - name: "Push CI latest images: ${{ env.PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }} (linux/amd64 only)"
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ jobs:
       INSTALL_MYSQL_CLIENT_TYPE: ${{ inputs.install-mysql-client-type }}
       PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: "${{ matrix.python }}"
       UPGRADE_TO_NEWER_DEPENDENCIES: "false"
-      USE_UV: ${{ inputs.branch == 'main' && inputs.use-uv || 'false' }}
       VERBOSE: "true"
       VERSION_SUFFIX_FOR_PYPI: "dev0"
     if: inputs.include-prod-images == 'true'
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist and context file"
         run: rm -fv ./dist/* ./docker-context-files/*
       - name: "Download packages prepared as artifacts"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_dockerhub_image.yml b/.github/workflows/release_dockerhub_image.yml
index 5ce1585131f76..f23fdc9974abe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_dockerhub_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_dockerhub_image.yml
@@ -63,11 +63,14 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: "false"
       - name: Selective checks
         id: selective-checks
         env:
           VERBOSE: "false"
         run: breeze ci selective-check 2>> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+
   release-images:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     name: "Release images: ${{ github.event.inputs.airflowVersion }}, ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
@@ -99,6 +102,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/ci/cleanup_docker.sh
       - name: "Install Breeze"
         uses: ./.github/actions/breeze
+        with:
+          use-uv: "false"
       - name: Free space
         run: breeze ci free-space --answer yes
       - name: "Cleanup dist and context file"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
index 3a9440e528eaf..609f369f80d80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         required: false
         default: 20
         type: number
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   tests:
     timeout-minutes: 120
@@ -163,6 +167,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: >
           Migration Tests: ${{ matrix.python-version }}:${{ env.PARALLEL_TEST_TYPES }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/migration_tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/special-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/special-tests.yml
index d416d55575fb9..cca54524b7dca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/special-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/special-tests.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether to debug resources or not (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv or not (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   tests-min-sqlalchemy:
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       providers-test-types-list-as-string: ${{ inputs.providers-test-types-list-as-string }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-boto:
     name: "Latest Boto test"
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-pendulum-2:
     name: "Pendulum2 test"
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-quarantined:
     name: "Quarantined test"
@@ -171,6 +178,7 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
 
   tests-arm-collection:
     name: "ARM Collection test"
@@ -194,6 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
     if: ${{ inputs.default-branch == 'main' }}
 
   tests-system:
@@ -218,3 +227,4 @@ jobs:
       include-success-outputs: ${{ inputs.include-success-outputs }}
       run-coverage: ${{ inputs.run-coverage }}
       debug-resources: ${{ inputs.debug-resources }}
+      use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/task-sdk-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/task-sdk-tests.yml
index 756a66e546479..61b9ba75b5bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/task-sdk-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/task-sdk-tests.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "Whether to run Task SDK tests or not (true/false)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv to build the image (true/false)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   task-sdk-tests:
     timeout-minutes: 80
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist files"
         run: rm -fv ./dist/*
       - name: "Prepare Task SDK packages: wheel"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-provider-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/test-provider-packages.yml
index 7b2bc485528c4..3d79c6896b8aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-provider-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-provider-packages.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
         description: "JSON-formatted array of Python versions to build images from"
         required: true
         type: string
+      use-uv:
+        description: "Whether to use uv"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   prepare-install-verify-provider-packages:
     timeout-minutes: 80
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist files"
         run: rm -fv ./dist/*
       - name: "Prepare provider documentation"
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platform: "linux/amd64"
           python: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          use-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
       - name: "Cleanup dist files"
         run: rm -fv ./dist/*
       - name: "Prepare provider packages: wheel"
diff --git a/contributing-docs/testing/k8s_tests.rst b/contributing-docs/testing/k8s_tests.rst
index a9ba3151fe9bb..4891182f69923 100644
--- a/contributing-docs/testing/k8s_tests.rst
+++ b/contributing-docs/testing/k8s_tests.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Before running ``breeze k8s`` cluster commands you need to setup the environment
 by ``breeze k8s setup-env`` command. Breeze in this command makes sure to download tools that
 are needed to run k8s tests: Helm, Kind, Kubectl in the right versions and sets up a
 Python virtualenv that is needed to run the tests. All those tools and env are setup in
-``.build/.k8s-env`` folder. You can activate this environment yourselves as usual by sourcing
+``.build/k8s-env`` folder. You can activate this environment yourselves as usual by sourcing
 ``bin/activate`` script, but since we are supporting multiple clusters in the same installation
 it is best if you use ``breeze k8s shell`` with the right parameters specifying which cluster
 to use.
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ Entering shell with Kubernetes Cluster
 This shell is prepared to run Kubernetes tests interactively. It has ``kubectl`` and ``kind`` cli tools
 available in the path, it has also activated virtualenv environment that allows you to run tests via pytest.
 
-The virtualenv is available in ./.build/.k8s-env/
-The binaries are available in ``.build/.k8s-env/bin`` path.
+The virtualenv is available in ./.build/k8s-env/
+The binaries are available in ``.build/k8s-env/bin`` path.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -184,26 +184,26 @@ The typical session for tests with Kubernetes looks like follows:
     breeze k8s setup-env
 
 The first time you run it, it should result in creating the virtualenv and installing good versions
-of kind, kubectl and helm. All of them are installed in ``./build/.k8s-env`` (binaries available in ``bin``
+of kind, kubectl and helm. All of them are installed in ``./build/k8s-env`` (binaries available in ``bin``
 sub-folder of it).
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    Initializing K8S virtualenv in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env
-    Reinstalling PIP version in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env
-    Installing necessary packages in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env
+    Initializing K8S virtualenv in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env
+    Reinstalling PIP version in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env
+    Installing necessary packages in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env
     The ``kind`` tool is not downloaded yet. Downloading 0.14.0 version.
     Downloading from: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.14.0/kind-darwin-arm64
     The ``kubectl`` tool is not downloaded yet. Downloading 1.24.3 version.
     Downloading from: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.24.3/bin/darwin/arm64/kubectl
     The ``helm`` tool is not downloaded yet. Downloading 3.9.2 version.
     Downloading from: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.9.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
-    Extracting the darwin-arm64/helm to /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin
-    Moving the helm to /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin/helm
+    Extracting the darwin-arm64/helm to /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin
+    Moving the helm to /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin/helm
 
 
 This prepares the virtual environment for tests and downloads the right versions of the tools
-to ``./build/.k8s-env``
+to ``./build/k8s-env``
 
 2. Create the KinD cluster:
 
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ Should show the status of current KinD cluster.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    K8S Virtualenv is initialized in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env
-    Good version of kind installed: 0.14.0 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin
-    Good version of kubectl installed: 1.25.0 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin
-    Good version of helm installed: 3.9.2 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin
+    K8S Virtualenv is initialized in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env
+    Good version of kind installed: 0.14.0 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin
+    Good version of kubectl installed: 1.25.0 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin
+    Good version of helm installed: 3.9.2 in /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin
     Stable repo is already added
     Uploading Airflow image ghcr.io/apache/airflow/main/prod/python3.9-kubernetes to cluster airflow-python-3.9-v1.24.2
     Image: "ghcr.io/apache/airflow/main/prod/python3.9-kubernetes" with ID "sha256:fb6195f7c2c2ad97788a563a3fe9420bf3576c85575378d642cd7985aff97412" not yet present on node "airflow-python-3.9-v1.24.2-worker", loading...
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ The virtualenv required will be created automatically when the scripts are run.
     Running tests with kind-airflow-python-3.9-v1.24.2 cluster.
      Command to run: pytest kubernetes_tests
     ========================================================================================= test session starts ==========================================================================================
-    platform darwin -- Python 3.9.9, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.11.0, pluggy-1.0.0 -- /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin/python
+    platform darwin -- Python 3.9.9, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.11.0, pluggy-1.0.0 -- /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin/python
     cachedir: .pytest_cache
     rootdir: /Users/jarek/IdeaProjects/airflow/kubernetes_tests
     plugins: anyio-3.6.1, instafail-0.4.2, xdist-2.5.0, forked-1.4.0, timeouts-1.2.1, cov-3.0.0
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ The virtualenv required will be created automatically when the scripts are run.
 
 8b) You can enter an interactive shell to run tests one-by-one
 
-This enters the virtualenv in ``.build/.k8s-env`` folder:
+This enters the virtualenv in ``.build/k8s-env`` folder:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ tests using the standard IntelliJ Run/Debug feature. You just need a few steps:
     :alt: Kubernetes testing virtualenv
 
 The virtualenv is created in your "Airflow" source directory in the
-``.build/.k8s-env`` folder and you have to find ``python`` binary and choose
+``.build/k8s-env`` folder and you have to find ``python`` binary and choose
 it when selecting interpreter.
 
 9b) Choose pytest as test runner:
diff --git a/dev/breeze/doc/05_test_commands.rst b/dev/breeze/doc/05_test_commands.rst
index 819ac80224525..d9eb0856bbd76 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/doc/05_test_commands.rst
+++ b/dev/breeze/doc/05_test_commands.rst
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Kubernetes environment can be set with the ``breeze k8s setup-env`` command.
 It will create appropriate virtualenv to run tests and download the right set of tools to run
 the tests: ``kind``, ``kubectl`` and ``helm`` in the right versions. You can re-run the command
 when you want to make sure the expected versions of the tools are installed properly in the
-virtualenv. The Virtualenv is available in ``.build/.k8s-env/bin`` subdirectory of your Airflow
+virtualenv. The Virtualenv is available in ``.build/k8s-env/bin`` subdirectory of your Airflow
 installation.
 
 .. image:: ./images/output_k8s_setup-env.svg
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ be created and airflow deployed to it before running the tests):
 
     (kind-airflow-python-3.9-v1.24.0:KubernetesExecutor)> pytest test_kubernetes_executor.py
     ================================================= test session starts =================================================
-    platform linux -- Python 3.10.6, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.11.0, pluggy-1.0.0 -- /home/jarek/code/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/bin/python
+    platform linux -- Python 3.10.6, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.11.0, pluggy-1.0.0 -- /home/jarek/code/airflow/.build/k8s-env/bin/python
     cachedir: .pytest_cache
     rootdir: /home/jarek/code/airflow, configfile: pytest.ini
     plugins: anyio-3.6.1
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ be created and airflow deployed to it before running the tests):
     test_kubernetes_executor.py::TestKubernetesExecutor::test_integration_run_dag_with_scheduler_failure PASSED [100%]
 
     ================================================== warnings summary ===================================================
-    .build/.k8s-env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py:1233
-      /home/jarek/code/airflow/.build/.k8s-env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py:1233: PytestConfigWarning: Unknown config option: asyncio_mode
+    .build/k8s-env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py:1233
+      /home/jarek/code/airflow/.build/k8s-env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py:1233: PytestConfigWarning: Unknown config option: asyncio_mode
 
         self._warn_or_fail_if_strict(f"Unknown config option: {key}\n")
 
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/kubernetes_utils.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/kubernetes_utils.py
index b9bdc5302bdfc..8525d1e9acc50 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/kubernetes_utils.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/kubernetes_utils.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from airflow_breeze.utils.shared_options import get_dry_run, get_verbose
 from airflow_breeze.utils.virtualenv_utils import create_pip_command, create_uv_command
 
-K8S_ENV_PATH = BUILD_CACHE_DIR / ".k8s-env"
+K8S_ENV_PATH = BUILD_CACHE_DIR / "k8s-env"
 K8S_CLUSTERS_PATH = BUILD_CACHE_DIR / ".k8s-clusters"
 K8S_BIN_BASE_PATH = K8S_ENV_PATH / "bin"
 KIND_BIN_PATH = K8S_BIN_BASE_PATH / "kind"
@@ -305,8 +305,10 @@ def _requirements_changed() -> bool:
 
 def _install_packages_in_k8s_virtualenv():
     if check_if_cache_exists("use_uv"):
+        get_console().print("[info]Using uv to install k8s env[/]")
         command = create_uv_command(PYTHON_BIN_PATH)
     else:
+        get_console().print("[info]Using pip to install k8s env[/]")
         command = create_pip_command(PYTHON_BIN_PATH)
     install_command_no_constraints = [
         *command,
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ def create_virtualenv(force_venv_setup: bool) -> RunCommandResult:
             f"{venv_command_result.stdout}\n{venv_command_result.stderr}"
         )
         return venv_command_result
-    get_console().print(f"[info]Reinstalling PIP version in {K8S_ENV_PATH}")
+    get_console().print(f"[info]Reinstalling pip=={PIP_VERSION} in {K8S_ENV_PATH}")
     command = create_pip_command(PYTHON_BIN_PATH)
     pip_reinstall_result = run_command(
         [*command, "install", f"pip=={PIP_VERSION}"],
@@ -419,6 +421,7 @@ def create_virtualenv(force_venv_setup: bool) -> RunCommandResult:
             f"{pip_reinstall_result.stdout}\n{pip_reinstall_result.stderr}"
         )
         return pip_reinstall_result
+    get_console().print(f"[info]Reinstalling uv=={UV_VERSION} in {K8S_ENV_PATH}")
     uv_reinstall_result = run_command(
         [*command, "install", f"uv=={UV_VERSION}"],
         check=False,
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/virtualenv_utils.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/virtualenv_utils.py
index 3ececdd228461..7cd4b7dbd7198 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/virtualenv_utils.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/virtualenv_utils.py
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ def create_venv(
     requirements_file: str | Path | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     venv_path = Path(venv_path).resolve().absolute()
+    if check_if_cache_exists("use_uv"):
+        cmd = ["uv", "venv"]
+    else:
+        cmd = [python or sys.executable, "-m", "venv"]
     venv_command_result = run_command(
-        [python or sys.executable, "-m", "venv", venv_path.as_posix()],
+        [*cmd, "venv", venv_path.as_posix()],
         check=False,
         capture_output=True,
     )
diff --git a/dev/breeze/uv.lock b/dev/breeze/uv.lock
index d400d08f40f58..9b98a8746a2ba 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/uv.lock
+++ b/dev/breeze/uv.lock
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "semver" },
     { name = "tabulate" },
     { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+    { name = "tqdm" },
     { name = "twine" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "black", specifier = ">=23.11.0" },
-    { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.1.7" },
+    { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.1.8" },
     { name = "filelock", specifier = ">=3.13.0" },
     { name = "flit", specifier = "==3.10.1" },
     { name = "flit-core", specifier = "==3.10.1" },
@@ -66,8 +67,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "google-api-python-client", specifier = ">=2.142.0" },
     { name = "google-auth-httplib2", specifier = ">=0.2.0" },
     { name = "google-auth-oauthlib", specifier = ">=1.2.0" },
-    { name = "hatch", specifier = "==1.9.4" },
-    { name = "importlib-resources", marker = "python_full_version < '3.9'", specifier = ">=5.2,!=6.2.0,!=6.3.0,!=6.3.1" },
+    { name = "hatch", specifier = "==1.14.0" },
     { name = "inputimeout", specifier = ">=1.0.4" },
     { name = "jinja2", specifier = ">=3.1.0" },
     { name = "jsonschema", specifier = ">=4.19.1" },
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "semver", specifier = ">=3.0.2" },
     { name = "tabulate", specifier = ">=0.9.0" },
     { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'", specifier = ">=2.0.1" },
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+version = "4.67.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
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diff --git a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/helm_lint.py b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/helm_lint.py
index 7663fb4672051..bb1150949aadb 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/helm_lint.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/helm_lint.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     sys.exit(res_setup.returncode)
 
 AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[3].resolve()
-HELM_BIN_PATH = AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR / ".build" / ".k8s-env" / "bin" / "helm"
+HELM_BIN_PATH = AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR / ".build" / "k8s-env" / "bin" / "helm"
 
 result = subprocess.run(
     [os.fspath(HELM_BIN_PATH), "lint", ".", "-f", "values.yaml"],
diff --git a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/kubeconform.py b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/kubeconform.py
index 3bfccd2f8d251..2452c2158d53e 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/kubeconform.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/kubeconform.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     sys.exit(res_setup.returncode)
 
 AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[3].resolve()
-HELM_BIN_PATH = AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR / ".build" / ".k8s-env" / "bin" / "helm"
+HELM_BIN_PATH = AIRFLOW_SOURCES_DIR / ".build" / "k8s-env" / "bin" / "helm"
 
 ps = subprocess.Popen(
     [os.fspath(HELM_BIN_PATH), "template", ".", "-f", "values.yaml"],