diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
index eba16e8c..955df437 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build LNbits AppImage DMG
+name: Build LNbits AppImage
 
 on:
   release:
@@ -11,56 +11,89 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Step 1: Checkout the repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # Step 2: Install Dependencies
-      - name: Install Dependencies
+      # Step 2: Set up Python (uv will still use this toolchain)
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      # Step 3: Install system deps (fuse) + uv
+      - name: Install system deps and uv
         run: |
-          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
-          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libfuse2
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
         shell: bash
 
-      # Step 3: Clone LNbits Repository
-      - name: Clone LNbits
+      # Optional: Cache uv + venv to speed up CI
+      - name: Cache uv and venv
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/uv
+            .venv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-uv-${{ hashFiles('uv.lock', 'pyproject.toml') }}
+
+      # Step 4: Prepare packaging tree and clone LNbits
+      - name: Prepare packaging & clone LNbits
         run: |
           mv .github/packaging packaging
           mkdir -p packaging/linux/AppDir/usr
           git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git packaging/linux/AppDir/usr/lnbits
         shell: bash
 
-      # Step 4: Make the AppImage Asset
-      - name: Make Asset
+      # Step 5: Build the LNbits binary with uv + PyInstaller
+      - name: Build LNbits binary (uv + PyInstaller)
         run: |
           cd packaging/linux/AppDir/usr/lnbits
-          poetry install
-          poetry run pip install pyinstaller
+
+          # Install project deps into .venv using uv
+          uv sync
+
+          # Install PyInstaller into the same environment
+          uv pip install pyinstaller
 
           # Build the LNbits binary
-          poetry run pyinstaller --onefile --name lnbits --hidden-import=embit --collect-all embit --collect-all lnbits --collect-all sqlalchemy --collect-all aiosqlite --hidden-import=passlib.handlers.bcrypt $(poetry run which lnbits)
+          uv run pyinstaller \
+            --onefile \
+            --name lnbits \
+            --hidden-import=embit \
+            --collect-all embit \
+            --collect-all lnbits \
+            --collect-all sqlalchemy \
+            --collect-all aiosqlite \
+            --hidden-import=passlib.handlers.bcrypt \
+            "$(uv run which lnbits)"
+
           cd ../../../../..
           chmod +x packaging/linux/AppDir/AppRun
           chmod +x packaging/linux/AppDir/lnbits.desktop
           chmod +x packaging/linux/AppDir/usr/lnbits/dist/lnbits
 
+          # Clean out non-dist content from the app dir to keep AppImage slim
           find packaging/linux/AppDir/usr/lnbits -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
               ! -name 'dist' \
               ! -name 'lnbits' \
               -exec rm -rf {} +
 
+          # Build AppImage
           wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
           chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
           TAG_NAME=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           APPIMAGE_NAME="LNbits-${TAG_NAME}.AppImage"
-          ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage --updateinformation "gh-releases-zsync|lnbits|lnbits|latest|*.AppImage.zsync" packaging/linux/AppDir "$APPIMAGE_NAME"
+          ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage \
+            --updateinformation "gh-releases-zsync|lnbits|lnbits|latest|*.AppImage.zsync" \
+            packaging/linux/AppDir "$APPIMAGE_NAME"
           chmod +x "$APPIMAGE_NAME"
           echo "APPIMAGE_NAME=$APPIMAGE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         shell: bash
 
-      # Step 5: Upload Linux Release Asset
+      # Step 6: Upload Linux Release Asset
       - name: Upload Linux Release Asset
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         with:
@@ -69,4 +102,4 @@ jobs:
           asset_name: ${{ env.APPIMAGE_NAME }}
           asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}