diff --git a/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh b/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
index 34c1b2611..1513b34fc 100644
--- a/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
+++ b/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
@@ -20,26 +20,69 @@ color
 catch_errors
 
 function update_script() {
-    header_info
-    check_container_storage
-    check_container_resources
-    if [[ ! -f /etc/systemd/system/prometheus-pve-exporter.service ]]; then
-        msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
-        exit
-    fi
-    msg_info "Stopping ${APP}"
-    systemctl stop prometheus-pve-exporter
-    msg_ok "Stopped ${APP}"
+  header_info
+  check_container_storage
+  check_container_resources
+  if [[ ! -f /etc/systemd/system/prometheus-pve-exporter.service ]]; then
+    msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
-    msg_info "Updating ${APP}"
-    $STD pip install prometheus-pve-exporter --default-timeout=300 --upgrade --root-user-action=ignore
-    msg_ok "Updated ${APP}"
+  msg_info "Stopping ${APP}"
+  systemctl stop prometheus-pve-exporter
+  msg_ok "Stopped ${APP}"
 
-    msg_info "Starting ${APP}"
-    systemctl start prometheus-pve-exporter
-    msg_ok "Started ${APP}"
-    msg_ok "Updated Successfully"
-    exit
+  export PVE_VENV_PATH="/opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv"
+  export PVE_EXPORTER_BIN="${PVE_VENV_PATH}/bin/pve_exporter"
+
+  if [[ ! -d "$PVE_VENV_PATH" || ! -x "$PVE_EXPORTER_BIN" ]]; then
+    PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
+    msg_info "Migrating to uv/venv"
+    rm -rf "$PVE_VENV_PATH"
+    mkdir -p /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter
+    cd /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter
+    $STD uv venv "$PVE_VENV_PATH"
+    $STD "$PVE_VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m ensurepip --upgrade
+    $STD "$PVE_VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    $STD "$PVE_VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install prometheus-pve-exporter
+    msg_ok "Migrated to uv/venv"
+  else
+    msg_info "Updating Prometheus Proxmox VE Exporter"
+    PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
+    $STD "$PVE_VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade prometheus-pve-exporter
+    msg_ok "Updated Prometheus Proxmox VE Exporter"
+  fi
+  local service_file="/etc/systemd/system/prometheus-pve-exporter.service"
+  if ! grep -q "${PVE_VENV_PATH}/bin/pve_exporter" "$service_file"; then
+    msg_info "Updating systemd service"
+    cat <<EOF >"$service_file"
+[Unit]
+Description=Prometheus Proxmox VE Exporter
+Documentation=https://github.com/znerol/prometheus-pve-exporter
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Restart=always
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=${PVE_VENV_PATH}/bin/pve_exporter \\
+    --config.file=/opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/pve.yml \\
+    --web.listen-address=0.0.0.0:9221
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP \$MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+    $STD systemctl daemon-reload
+    msg_ok "Updated systemd service"
+  fi
+
+  msg_info "Starting ${APP}"
+  systemctl start prometheus-pve-exporter
+  msg_ok "Started ${APP}"
+
+  msg_ok "Updated Successfully"
+  exit 0
 }
 
 start
@@ -49,4 +92,4 @@ description
 msg_ok "Completed Successfully!\n"
 echo -e "${CREATING}${GN}${APP} setup has been successfully initialized!${CL}"
 echo -e "${INFO}${YW} Access it using the following URL:${CL}"
-echo -e "${TAB}${GATEWAY}${BGN}http://${IP}:9221${CL}"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo -e "${TAB}${GATEWAY}${BGN}http://${IP}:9221${CL}"
diff --git a/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh b/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
index b2ccef80d..513611e5b 100644
--- a/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
+++ b/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os
 
-msg_info "Setup Python3"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  python3 \
-  python3-pip
-rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-msg_ok "Setup Python3"
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
 
 msg_info "Installing Prometheus Proxmox VE Exporter"
-python3 -m pip install --default-timeout=300 --quiet --root-user-action=ignore prometheus-pve-exporter
 mkdir -p /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter
+cd /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter
+
+$STD uv venv /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv
+$STD /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv/bin/python -m pip install prometheus-pve-exporter
 cat <<EOF >/opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/pve.yml
 default:
     user: prometheus@pve
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 User=root
 Restart=always
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=pve_exporter \
+ExecStart=/opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/.venv/bin/pve_exporter \
     --config.file=/opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/pve.yml \
     --web.listen-address=0.0.0.0:9221
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP \$MAINPID