diff --git a/.github/workflows/docstrings_linting.yml b/.github/workflows/docstrings_linting.yml
index 3188db013..beb18facc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docstrings_linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docstrings_linting.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "**.py"
 
+env:
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
+
 jobs:
   docstrings-linting:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install hatch=="1.9.3"
+        run: pip install hatch==${{ env.HATCH_VERSION }}
 
       - name: ruff docstrings linting
         run: hatch run ruff check haystack
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index e258002c5..b0911ea3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
   OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.3"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
 
 jobs:
   run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
index 7d86e814a..807adff22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       - "!v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]-rc0"
 
 env:
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.3"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
 
 jobs:
   release-on-pypi:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/readme_sync.yml b/.github/workflows/readme_sync.yml
index 1d4dd1161..518d35e1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/readme_sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/readme_sync.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
       - "!v1.[0-9]+.x"
 
 env:
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.3"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 89c8fafb6..4f9df1a3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   HF_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY }}
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
-  HATCH_VERSION: "1.9.3"
+  HATCH_VERSION: "1.13.0"
 
 jobs:
   format:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be286052b..ad009dc2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
+installer = "uv"
 dependencies = [
   "pre-commit",
   "ruff",
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ types = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --cache-dir=.mypy_cache/ {args:h
 lint = "pylint -ry -j 0 {args:haystack}"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.readme]
+installer = "uv"
 detached = true                         # To avoid installing the dependencies from the default environment
 dependencies = ["haystack-pydoc-tools"]
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-hatch-uv-5e5cccdf7450d01f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-hatch-uv-5e5cccdf7450d01f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6a63d35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-hatch-uv-5e5cccdf7450d01f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+enhancements:
+  - |
+    Upgrade Hatch to 1.13.0 and adopt uv as installer, to speed up the CI.