diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 8b856f5a..20c78ab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -13,21 +13,30 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Checkout project
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.13
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
           architecture: x64
 
+      - name: Install uv
+        id: setup-uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
       - name: Install tox
+        id: install-tox
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install tox tox-uv uv
+          uv pip install --system tox tox-uv
 
       - name: Run benchmarks with CodSpeed
+        id: run-benchmarks
         uses: CodSpeedHQ/action@v4
         with:
           mode: instrumentation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 21f92db5..61fd1761 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,29 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: Checkout project
+      id: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.13
+      id: setup-python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.13'
+        python-version: "3.13"
+
+    - name: Install uv
+      id: setup-uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+      with:
+        enable-cache: true
 
     - name: Install tox
+      id: install-tox
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install tox uv tox-uv
+        uv pip install --system tox tox-uv
 
     - name: Run code quality tests with tox
+      id: lint
       run: tox
       env:
         TOXENV: ruff,mypy,docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index bee561ff..819fe1e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,28 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: Checkout project
+      id: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.13
+      id: setup-python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.13'
+        python-version: "3.13"
+
+    - name: Install uv
+      id: setup-uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+      with:
+        enable-cache: true
+
+    - name: Build wheel and source tarball with uv
+      id: build
+      run: uv build
 
-    - name: Build wheel and source tarball with uv_build
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install uv_build
-        python -m uv_build build
     - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
+      id: publish
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
         user: __token__
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b6ddbbca..41dc6727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,18 +12,29 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy3.9', 'pypy3.10']
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Checkout project
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+      - name: Install uv
+        id: setup-uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
       - name: Install tox and plugins
+        id: install-tox
         run: |
-          python -m pip install tox tox-gh-actions tox-uv uv
+          uv pip install --system tox tox-uv tox-gh-actions
 
       - name: Run unit tests with tox
+        id: test
         run: tox
 
   tests-old:
@@ -35,23 +46,35 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.7', '3.8']
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Checkout project
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.13 (tox runner)
+        id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
 
-      - name: Install tox and plugins (with Python 3.13)
+      - name: Install uv
+        id: setup-uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install tox and plugins
+        id: install-tox
         run: |
-          python3.13 -m pip install tox tox-gh-actions tox-uv uv
+          uv pip install --system tox tox-uv tox-gh-actions
 
       - name: Set up target Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        id: setup-target-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Run unit tests with tox for target
+        id: test
         shell: bash
         run: |
           ENV="py${{ matrix.python-version }}"; ENV=${ENV/./}