diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.slim b/docker/Dockerfile.slim
index f82c86aee97ab13d9fd8c04bb692a0ab3fb8faaf..182c0cb00ef2b7495b95753f70550f0db38eaa5b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.slim
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.slim
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ RUN apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --option=debug::pkgProb
 		curl
 
 # Install uv
-RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.8.4 /uv /uvx /bin/
+ENV UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/python"
 
 # Set up a global Python virtual environment
-RUN uv venv "/root/.venv"
-ENV PATH="/root/.venv/bin:${PATH}"
+RUN uv venv "/opt/python-venv"
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/python-venv"
+ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}"
 
 # We now install packages required by all the FW components that Shrinkwrap
 # supports building. Often there are overlapping components, but we (re)specify