diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml b/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
index 35da0c18..60884069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_python.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: 3.x
-    - run: pip install -r requirements/dependencies.txt || true
+    - run: |
+        pipx run uv pip compile pyproject.toml > deps.txt
+        pip install -r deps.txt
     - run: shopt -s globstar
     # - run: pip install safety && safety check
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9557ba2..dfd5d81b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ keywords = ["cmasher perceptually uniform sequential colormaps plotting python v
 
 requires-python = ">=3.9, <4"
 
-# keep in sync with requirements/dependencies.txt
 dependencies = [
     "colorspacious>=1.1.0",
     "matplotlib>=3.5",
diff --git a/requirements/dependencies.txt b/requirements/dependencies.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 35cc701c..00000000
--- a/requirements/dependencies.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# keep in sync with pyproject.toml
-colorspacious>=1.1.0
-matplotlib>=3.5
-numpy>=1.19.3