diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 37dabc2d..ed259ba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
         with:
-          python-version-file: .python-version
-          allow-prereleases: true
-          cache: pip
-      - run: pip install tox-uv
-      - run: tox -e typing
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          enable-cache: true
+      - run: uvx --with=tox-uv tox -e typing
 
   run-tests:
 
@@ -43,12 +41,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
         with:
+          enable-cache: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: pip
-          allow-prereleases: true
-      - run: pip install tox-uv
 
       - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
@@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run unit tests and doctests.
         shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: tox -e test -- -m "unit or (not integration and not end_to_end)" --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
+        run: uvx --with=tox-uv tox -e test -- -m "unit or (not integration and not end_to_end)" --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
 
       - name: Upload unit test coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run integration tests.
         shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: tox -e test -- -m integration --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
+        run: uvx --with=tox-uv tox -e test -- -m integration --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
 
       - name: Upload integration test coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run end-to-end tests.
         shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: tox -e test -- -m end_to_end --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
+        run: uvx --with=tox-uv tox -e test -- -m end_to_end --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report=xml -n auto
 
       - name: Upload end_to_end test coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d23644a4..09ec68b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ tests/test_jupyter/*.txt
 .ruff_cache
 .venv
 docs/jupyter_execute
+
+.env
+logs/
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 55d8f7fc..c049ef7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich",
     "sqlalchemy>=2",
     'tomli>=1; python_version < "3.11"',
-    'typing-extensions; python_version < "3.9"',
     "universal-pathlib>=0.2.2",
 ]