diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index e119a2d98..139bbbe94 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ blocks:
         - name: Build
           commands:
             - sem-version python 3.11
-            - PYTHON_VERSION=$(pyenv versions --bare | grep '^3.11' | head -n1)
-            - export PATH="$(pyenv root)/versions/$PYTHON_VERSION/bin:$PATH"
             - PIP_INSTALL_OPTIONS="--user" tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh "${LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION#v}" wheelhouse 2.16.2
             - tar -czf wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}.tgz wheelhouse
             - artifact push workflow wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}.tgz --destination artifacts/wheels-${OS_NAME}-${ARCH}.tgz/
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ blocks:
         - name: Build
           commands:
             - sem-version python 3.11
-            - PYTHON_VERSION=$(pyenv versions --bare | grep '^3.11' | head -n1)
-            - export PATH="$(pyenv root)/versions/$PYTHON_VERSION/bin:$PATH"
             - PIP_INSTALL_OPTIONS="--user" tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh "${LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION#v}" wheelhouse
             - tar -czf wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}-py313.tgz wheelhouse
             - artifact push workflow wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}-py313.tgz --destination artifacts/wheels-${OS_NAME}-${ARCH}-py313.tgz/
@@ -81,8 +77,6 @@ blocks:
         - name: Build
           commands:
             - sem-version python 3.11
-            - PYTHON_VERSION=$(pyenv versions --bare | grep '^3.11' | head -n1)
-            - export PATH="$(pyenv root)/versions/$PYTHON_VERSION/bin:$PATH"
             - PIP_INSTALL_OPTIONS="--user" tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh "${LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION#v}" wheelhouse 2.16.2
             - tar -czf wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}.tgz wheelhouse
             - artifact push workflow wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}.tgz --destination artifacts/wheels-${OS_NAME}-${ARCH}.tgz/
@@ -109,8 +103,6 @@ blocks:
         - name: Build
           commands:
             - sem-version python 3.11
-            - PYTHON_VERSION=$(pyenv versions --bare | grep '^3.11' | head -n1)
-            - export PATH="$(pyenv root)/versions/$PYTHON_VERSION/bin:$PATH"
             - PIP_INSTALL_OPTIONS="--user" tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh "${LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION#v}" wheelhouse
             - tar -czf wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}-py313.tgz wheelhouse
             - artifact push workflow wheelhouse-macOS-${ARCH}-py313.tgz --destination artifacts/wheels-${OS_NAME}-${ARCH}-py313.tgz/
diff --git a/tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh b/tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh
index 96b6e5a6d..d9af094c9 100755
--- a/tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh
+++ b/tools/wheels/build-wheels.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ $this_dir/install-librdkafka.sh $librdkafka_version dest
 
 install_pkgs=cibuildwheel==$cibuildwheel_version
 
+# Ensure we have pip installed if using uv
+uv pip install pip || true
+
 python3 -m pip install ${PIP_INSTALL_OPTS} $install_pkgs ||
     pip3 install ${PIP_INSTALL_OPTS} $install_pkgs