diff --git a/src/utils/update-consumers.ts b/src/utils/update-consumers.ts
index 3955750..e88a963 100644
--- a/src/utils/update-consumers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/update-consumers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 import {
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ function isValidConsumer(consumer: Consumer, packageInfo: PackageInfo): boolean
     if (!existsSync(venvPath)) {
       return false;
     }
+    // Accept both traditional venvs (with pip) and uv-managed venvs
+    // Detection happens in updatePythonConsumer
   } else {
     const nodeModulesPath = resolve(consumer.path, 'node_modules');
     if (!existsSync(nodeModulesPath)) {
@@ -58,6 +60,18 @@ function isValidConsumer(consumer: Consumer, packageInfo: PackageInfo): boolean
   return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a venv is managed by uv
+ */
+function isUvVenv(consumerPath: string): boolean {
+  const pyvenvCfg = resolve(consumerPath, '.venv/pyvenv.cfg');
+  if (!existsSync(pyvenvCfg)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const content = readFileSync(pyvenvCfg, 'utf-8');
+  return content.includes('uv = ');
+}
+
 /**
  * Update a Python package consumer
  */
@@ -66,12 +80,20 @@ async function updatePythonConsumer(
   packageName: string,
   options: UpdateOptions
 ): Promise<{ success: boolean; reason?: string }> {
+  const venvPath = resolve(consumer.path, '.venv');
   const venvPip = resolve(consumer.path, '.venv/bin/pip');
+  const isUv = isUvVenv(consumer.path);
 
-  if (!existsSync(venvPip)) {
+  // Check if venv exists (either traditional or uv-managed)
+  if (!existsSync(venvPath)) {
     return { success: false, reason: 'no venv' };
   }
 
+  // For traditional venvs, verify pip exists
+  if (!isUv && !existsSync(venvPip)) {
+    return { success: false, reason: 'no pip' };
+  }
+
   if (options.dryRun) {
     console.log(`${colors.green('Would update:')} ${consumer.name}`);
     return { success: true };
@@ -80,22 +102,40 @@ async function updatePythonConsumer(
   console.log(`${colors.green('Updating:')} ${consumer.name}`);
 
   try {
-    await execa(venvPip, [
-      'install',
-      '--upgrade',
-      '--quiet',
-      '--trusted-host',
-      'forge.nasty.sh',
-      packageName,
-    ], {
-      cwd: consumer.path,
-    });
+    if (isUv) {
+      // UV-managed venv: use uv pip
+      await execa('uv', [
+        'pip',
+        'install',
+        '--upgrade',
+        '--quiet',
+        '--index-url',
+        'http://forge.nasty.sh/api/packages/lilith/pypi/simple/',
+        '--trusted-host',
+        'forge.nasty.sh',
+        packageName,
+      ], {
+        cwd: consumer.path,
+      });
+    } else {
+      // Traditional venv: use pip
+      await execa(venvPip, [
+        'install',
+        '--upgrade',
+        '--quiet',
+        '--trusted-host',
+        'forge.nasty.sh',
+        packageName,
+      ], {
+        cwd: consumer.path,
+      });
+    }
 
     console.log(`  ${formatSuccess(`Updated ${packageName}`)}`);
     return { success: true };
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(`  ${formatError('Failed')}`);
-    return { success: false, reason: 'pip install failed' };
+    return { success: false, reason: isUv ? 'uv pip install failed' : 'pip install failed' };
   }
 }