diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index dcaac2935f..315ff0b88a 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@
 ## Building
 
 ```
-rye run build-docs
-```
-
-or
-
-```
-rye run sphinx-build -M html . _build --fail-on-warning --keep-going
+uv run sphinx-build -M html . _build --fail-on-warning --keep-going
 ```
 
 ## Viewing
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index a0893b5f0c..53ceee91e1 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ authors = []
 dependencies = ["pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.15.4", "sphinx>=8.0.2", "pyvortex"]
 requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 
-[tool.rye]
+[tool.uv]
 managed = true
-virtual = true
-
-[tool.rye.scripts]
-build-docs = "sphinx-build -M html . _build --fail-on-warning --keep-going"
+package = false