diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2f9e2263..2ae3ff1a 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ If you're using [*direnv*](https://direnv.net), you can automate the creation of
 layout python python$(cat .python-version-default)
 ```
 
+or, if you like [*uv*](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv):
+
+```bash
+test -d .venv || uv venv --python python`cat .python-version-default`
+. .venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+---
+
 [Create a fork](https://github.com/hynek/structlog/fork) of the *structlog* repository and clone it:
 
 ```console