diff --git a/ct/changedetection.sh b/ct/changedetection.sh
index 42d00ad13..ad337b743 100644
--- a/ct/changedetection.sh
+++ b/ct/changedetection.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,32 @@ function update_script() {
 
   NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
 
-  msg_info "Updating ${APP}"
-  $STD pip3 install changedetection.io --upgrade --break-system-packages --ignore-installed typing_extensions
-  msg_ok "Updated ${APP}"
+  VENV_PATH="/opt/changedetection/.venv"
+  CHANGEDETECTION_BIN="${VENV_PATH}/bin/changedetection.io"
 
-  msg_info "Updating Playwright"
-  $STD pip3 install playwright --upgrade --break-system-packages
-  msg_ok "Updated Playwright"
+  PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
+
+  if [[ ! -d "$VENV_PATH" || ! -x "$CHANGEDETECTION_BIN" ]]; then
+    msg_info "Migrating to uv/venv"
+    rm -rf "$VENV_PATH"
+    $STD uv venv --clear "$VENV_PATH"
+    $STD "$VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m ensurepip --upgrade
+    $STD "$VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    $STD "$VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install changedetection.io playwright
+    msg_ok "Migrated to uv/venv"
+  else
+    msg_info "Updating ${APP}"
+    $STD "$VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade changedetection.io playwright
+    msg_ok "Updated ${APP}"
+  fi
+
+  SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/changedetection.service"
+  if ! grep -q "${VENV_PATH}/bin/changedetection.io" "$SERVICE_FILE"; then
+    msg_info "Updating systemd service"
+    sed -i "s|^ExecStart=.*|ExecStart=${VENV_PATH}/bin/changedetection.io -d /opt/changedetection -p 5000|" "$SERVICE_FILE"
+    $STD systemctl daemon-reload
+    msg_ok "Updated systemd service"
+  fi
 
   if [[ -f /etc/systemd/system/browserless.service ]]; then
     msg_info "Updating Browserless (Patience)"
diff --git a/install/changedetection-install.sh b/install/changedetection-install.sh
index c74f87d3e..cd1089507 100644
--- a/install/changedetection-install.sh
+++ b/install/changedetection-install.sh
@@ -43,19 +43,16 @@ $STD apt-get install -y \
   ca-certificates
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
-msg_info "Setup Python3"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  python3 \
-  python3-dev \
-  python3-pip
-rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-msg_ok "Setup Python3"
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
 
 NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
 
 msg_info "Installing Change Detection"
-mkdir /opt/changedetection
-$STD pip3 install changedetection.io
+mkdir -p /opt/changedetection
+$STD uv venv --clear /opt/changedetection/.venv
+$STD /opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/python -m pip install changedetection.io
 cat <<EOF >/opt/changedetection/.env
 WEBDRIVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
 PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://localhost:3000/chrome?launch=eyJkZWZhdWx0Vmlld3BvcnQiOnsiaGVpZ2h0Ijo3MjAsIndpZHRoIjoxMjgwfSwiaGVhZGxlc3MiOmZhbHNlLCJzdGVhbHRoIjp0cnVlfQ==&blockAds=true
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Change Detection"
 
 msg_info "Installing Browserless & Playwright"
 mkdir /opt/browserless
-$STD python3 -m pip install playwright
+$STD /opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/python -m pip install playwright
 $STD git clone https://github.com/browserless/chrome /opt/browserless
 $STD npm ci --include=optional --include=dev --prefix /opt/browserless
 $STD /opt/browserless/node_modules/playwright-core/cli.js install --with-deps &>/dev/null
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ Wants=browserless.service
 Type=simple
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/changedetection/.env
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/changedetection
-ExecStart=changedetection.io -d /opt/changedetection -p 5000
+ExecStart=/opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/changedetection.io -d /opt/changedetection -p 5000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target