diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d67139b..3f35be3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 __pycache__
 .coverage
-.mypy_cache
-.pytest_cache
+.*_cache
 .venv
 *.egg-info
 _build
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22c064f..b0e1144 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ dev = [
     "sphinx-rtd-theme",
 ]
 
+[tool.uv]
+cache-dir = "./.uv_cache"
+cache-keys = [{ file = "pyproject.toml" }, { git = { commit = true } }]
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "src/python_training_project/version.py"
 
diff --git a/tools/build-docs.sh b/tools/build-docs.sh
index 0e23634..1f50455 100755
--- a/tools/build-docs.sh
+++ b/tools/build-docs.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Get Git root directory
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+# Force the uv cache directory to be located in the repository root
+# to avoid permission issues within CI/CD environments.
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/.uv_cache"
+
 pushd "${REPO_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 echo "Building documentation..."
diff --git a/tools/build-package.sh b/tools/build-package.sh
index 02b97db..56c1fe7 100755
--- a/tools/build-package.sh
+++ b/tools/build-package.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Get Git root directory
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+# Force the uv cache directory to be located in the repository root
+# to avoid permission issues within CI/CD environments.
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/.uv_cache"
+
 pushd "${REPO_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 echo "Building package..."
diff --git a/tools/deploy-package.sh b/tools/deploy-package.sh
index 9640e45..c28ee31 100755
--- a/tools/deploy-package.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy-package.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Get Git root directory
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+# Force the uv cache directory to be located in the repository root
+# to avoid permission issues within CI/CD environments.
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/.uv_cache"
+
 pushd "${REPO_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 echo "Deploying package..."
diff --git a/tools/lint-package.sh b/tools/lint-package.sh
index ae9d0f0..de6490f 100755
--- a/tools/lint-package.sh
+++ b/tools/lint-package.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Get Git root directory
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+# Force the uv cache directory to be located in the repository root
+# to avoid permission issues within CI/CD environments.
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/.uv_cache"
+
 pushd "${REPO_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 mkdir -p build
diff --git a/tools/test-package.sh b/tools/test-package.sh
index 3b19333..ef5dff3 100755
--- a/tools/test-package.sh
+++ b/tools/test-package.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Get Git root directory
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+# Force the uv cache directory to be located in the repository root
+# to avoid permission issues within CI/CD environments.
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/.uv_cache"
+
 pushd "${REPO_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 mkdir -p build