diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yaml
index ddb1902..85c22ab 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yaml
@@ -12,22 +12,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
-        with:
-          version: "latest"
+      - name: Install System Dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl unzip gettext-base ca-certificates git
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: |
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "/root/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Install DuckDB CLI
         run: |
           curl -fsSL https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/latest/download/duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip -o duckdb.zip
           unzip -o duckdb.zip
-          sudo mv duckdb /usr/local/bin/
+          mv duckdb /usr/local/bin/
           rm -f duckdb.zip
 
-      - name: Install gettext (envsubst)
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gettext-base
-
       - name: Run ETL Pipeline & Upload to Cloudflare R2
         env:
           POSTGRES_URL: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_URL }}
@@ -38,5 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           S3_REGION: ${{ secrets.S3_REGION || 'auto' }}
           S3_DB_KEY: ${{ secrets.S3_DB_KEY || 'dbt_nba.duckdb' }}
         run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
           chmod +x ./scripts/pipeline.sh ./scripts/db_storage.py
           ./scripts/pipeline.sh