diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yaml
index 80bff2cc..1662fa81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip "nox[uv]"
 
       - name: Integration tests
         run: |
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox[uv]
 
       - name: Unit tests
         run: |
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox[uv]
 
       - name: Run examples
         run: |
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip nox
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip "nox[uv]"
       - name: Run coverage tests for Ubuntu with Python 3.12 and generate report
         run: nox -s coverage
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 4ebdcfec..502cdc1e 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 # nox options
 nox.options.reuse_existing_virtualenvs = True
-nox.options.venv_backend = "virtualenv"
+nox.options.force_venv_backend = "uv"
+nox.needs_version = ">=2024.4.15"
 
 # Environment variables to control CI behaviour for nox sessions
 PYBOP_SCHEDULED = int(os.environ.get("PYBOP_SCHEDULED", 0))
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def unit(session):
 @nox.session
 def coverage(session):
     session.install("-e", ".[all,dev]", silent=False)
+    session.install("pip")
     if PYBOP_SCHEDULED:
         session.run("pip", "install", f"pybamm=={PYBAMM_VERSION}", silent=False)
     session.run("pytest", "--unit", "--cov", "--cov-append", "--cov-report=xml")
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ def coverage(session):
 @nox.session
 def plots(session):
     session.install("-e", ".[plot,dev]", silent=False)
+    session.install("pip")
     session.run("pytest", "--plots", "-n", "0")
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d93faa7..14ec41be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docs = [
     "myst-parser",
 ]
 dev = [
-    "nox",
+    "nox[uv]",
     "nbmake",
     "pre-commit",
     "pytest>=6",