diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c685199..6a646fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.20 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 as builder
 RUN git clone https://github.com/protolambda/eth2-testnet-genesis.git  \
     && cd eth2-testnet-genesis \
     && go install . \
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@ VOLUME ["/config", "/data"]
 EXPOSE 8000/tcp
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-    ca-certificates build-essential python3 python3-dev python3-pip gettext-base jq wget && \
+    ca-certificates build-essential python3 python3-dev python3-pip gettext-base jq wget curl && \
+    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 COPY apps /apps
-RUN cd /apps/el-gen && pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
+
+ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
+
+RUN cd /apps/el-gen && uv venv && uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/zcli /usr/local/bin/zcli
diff --git a/apps/el-gen/requirements.txt b/apps/el-gen/requirements.txt
index 72b7421..70a6d51 100644
--- a/apps/el-gen/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/el-gen/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ruamel.yaml==0.17.16
-web3==6.14.0
+web3>=6.15.0
+setuptools>=69.1.0
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index d66cef6..dda0cf9 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SERVER_PORT="${SERVER_PORT:-8000}"
 WITHDRAWAL_ADDRESS="${WITHDRAWAL_ADDRESS:-0xf97e180c050e5Ab072211Ad2C213Eb5AEE4DF134}"
 
 gen_shared_files(){
+    . /apps/el-gen/.venv/bin/activate
     set -x
     # Shared files
     mkdir -p /data/custom_config_data
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ gen_shared_files(){
 }
 
 gen_el_config(){
+    . /apps/el-gen/.venv/bin/activate
     set -x
     if ! [ -f "/data/custom_config_data/genesis.json" ]; then
         tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t ci-XXXXXXXXXX)
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ gen_el_config(){
 }
 
 gen_cl_config(){
+    . /apps/el-gen/.venv/bin/activate
     set -x
     # Consensus layer: Check if genesis already exists
     if ! [ -f "/data/custom_config_data/genesis.ssz" ]; then