diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 7de845654..f991b414a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - run: |
-          uv sync --locked --all-extras
+          uv venv --python=3.11
           source .venv/bin/activate
+          # Only pin version to ensure compatibility
+          uv pip install -U 'setuptools-scm>=8.1'
+          uv sync --locked --all-extras
           poe --directory ${{ matrix.version.poe-dir }} docs-build
           mkdir -p docs-staging/${{ matrix.version.dest-dir }}/
           mv ${{ matrix.version.poe-dir }}/docs/build/* docs-staging/${{ matrix.version.dest-dir }}/
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
index 091a63a49..978989805 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-agentchat"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "AutoGen agents and teams library"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "autogen-core==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-core==0.7.2",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
index 83d5d0700..5d261d039 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-core"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "Foundational interfaces and agent runtime implementation for AutoGen"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
index c1b3a73e8..d68bd0460 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-ext"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "AutoGen extensions library"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "autogen-core==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-core==0.7.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ docker = ["docker~=7.0", "asyncio_atexit>=1.0.1"]
 ollama = ["ollama>=0.4.7", "tiktoken>=0.8.0"]
 openai = ["openai>=1.93", "tiktoken>=0.8.0", "aiofiles"]
 file-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.2",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
 ]
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ mem0-local = [
     "chromadb>=1.0.0"
 ]
 web-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.2",
     "playwright>=1.48.0",
     "pillow>=11.0.0",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
 ]
 magentic-one = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.2",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
     "playwright>=1.48.0",
     "pillow>=11.0.0",
 ]
 video-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.1",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.7.2",
     "opencv-python>=4.5",
     "ffmpeg-python",
     "openai-whisper",
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-studio/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-studio/pyproject.toml
index d03f95e1f..72817ac21 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-studio/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-studio/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogenstudio"
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 
-
 dependencies = [
     "pydantic",
     "pydantic-settings",
@@ -42,21 +41,19 @@ optional-dependencies = {web = ["fastapi", "uvicorn"], database = ["psycopg"]}
 
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-include-package-data = true
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "autogenstudio/version.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["autogenstudio"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "autogenstudio.version.VERSION"}
-readme = {file = ["README.md"]}
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["autogenstudio*"]
-exclude = ["*.tests*"]
-namespaces = false
-
-[tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"autogenstudio" = ["*.*"]
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = [
+    "autogenstudio/**",
+]
+exclude = [
+    "*.tests*",
+]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
diff --git a/python/uv.lock b/python/uv.lock
index de2fe47a1..4126560e1 100644
--- a/python/uv.lock
+++ b/python/uv.lock
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-agentchat"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-agentchat" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "autogen-core" },
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ requires-dist = [{ name = "autogen-core", editable = "packages/autogen-core" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-core"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-core" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "jsonref" },
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-ext"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-ext" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "autogen-core" },