diff --git a/services/api/pyproject.toml b/services/api/pyproject.toml
index c76346c..b9ef480 100644
--- a/services/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/services/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ lint = { cmd = "ruff format . && ruff check --fix .", help = "run linters with a
 generate_client = { cmd = "openapi-python-client generate --url http://localhost:8000/openapi.json --output-path ../python_client --overwrite" }
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["uv_build>=0.9.16,<0.10.0"]
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.12.0,<0.13.0"]
 build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [tool.uv.sources]