Announcing native uv support for the Snyk CLI

Python is at the heart of the modern AI revolution but for many developers the packaging ecosystem has felt like a bottleneck: burdened by slow installs and fragmented tooling. The emergence of uv has changed that, offering a high-performance alternative that has quickly become the industry standard.

Today, we are excited to announce that Snyk is bringing native support for uv to the Snyk CLI, IDE, and GitHub Actions. This integration ensures that teams can embrace the speed of uv without ever having to trade off on security.

With this update, Snyk enables you to seamlessly integrate uv security scanning directly into your existing Snyk workflows, wherever you are using the CLI.

What’s supported?

Native uv support is currently in Early Access. During this phase, you can use the following commands to secure your uv projects via the CLI:

• snyk test: Scan your uv dependencies for known vulnerabilities.

• snyk monitor: Continuously monitor your project and receive alerts for new risks.

• snyk sbom: Generate a Software Bill of Materials for your uv-based applications.

In addition to the CLI, this support extends to the Snyk IDE extensions, MCP server, and GitHub Actions, providing security coverage wherever you code.

Getting started

If you were part of the closed beta, you can begin using these features immediately on the latest stable release of the CLI (v1.1304). Otherwise, please enable the preview by navigating to the Snyk UI and toggle the feature under Snyk Preview.

What’s next?

We are committed to full-ecosystem support for uv. While this release focuses on the CLI and developer tools, SCM support will follow in the upcoming months.

Documentation

Please see the documentation for more information.