diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 87eee0895d..79a32523e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,38 @@ name: Test Rich module
 on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+  quality:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv pip install --system -e . --group dev
+      - name: Format check with black
+        run: python -m black --check .
+      - name: Typecheck with mypy
+        run: python -m mypy -p rich --no-incremental
+      - name: Test with pytest (with coverage)
+        run: python -m pytest tests -v --cov=./rich --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --cov-report term-missing
+      - name: Upload code coverage
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          file: ./coverage.xml
+          name: rich
+          flags: unittests
+          env_vars: OS,PYTHON
+
   build:
+    needs: quality
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -12,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         exclude:
           - { os: windows-latest, python-version: "3.13" }
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, python-version: "3.11" }
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -22,32 +54,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           allow-prereleases: true
-      - name: Install and configure Poetry
-        # TODO: workaround for https://github.com/snok/install-poetry/issues/94
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3.4
-        with:
-          version: 1.3.1
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install
-        if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      - name: Format check with black
-        run: |
-          source $VENV
-          make format-check
-      - name: Typecheck with mypy
-        run: |
-          source $VENV
-          make typecheck
-      - name: Test with pytest (with coverage)
-        run: |
-          source $VENV
-          pytest tests -v --cov=./rich --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --cov-report term-missing
-      - name: Upload code coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          file: ./coverage.xml
-          name: rich
-          flags: unittests
-          env_vars: OS,PYTHON
+        run: uv pip install --system -e . --group test
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: python -m pytest tests -v
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc699a0b7c..c166afd628 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ attrs = "^21.4.0"
 pre-commit = "^2.17.0"
 typing-extensions = ">=4.0.0, <5.0"
 
+[dependency-groups]
+test = [
+    "pytest>=7.0.0,<8.0.0",
+    "attrs>=21.4.0,<22.0.0",
+]
+dev = [
+    { include-group = "test" },
+    "black>=22.6,<23.0",
+    "mypy>=1.11,<2.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
+    "typing-extensions>=4.0.0,<5.0",
+]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"