diff --git a/misc/tools.func b/misc/tools.func
index 341a82159..643229cc4 100644
--- a/misc/tools.func
+++ b/misc/tools.func
@@ -1068,17 +1068,23 @@ function setup_uv() {
 
   if [[ -n "$PYTHON_VERSION" ]]; then
     $STD msg_info "Ensuring Python $PYTHON_VERSION is available via uv..."
-    if ! uv python list | grep -q "cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}-linux"; then
-      msg_error "Python version $PYTHON_VERSION not available via uv"
+
+    FULL_PYTHON=$(uv python list | grep -E "^cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION//./\\.}\.[0-9]+-linux.*<download available>" | sort -V | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1}')
+
+    if [[ -z "$FULL_PYTHON" ]]; then
+      msg_error "No matching Python $PYTHON_VERSION.x version found via uv"
       return 1
     fi
-    if ! uv python list | grep -q "cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}-linux.*.local/share/uv/python"; then
-      $STD uv python install "$PYTHON_VERSION"
-      msg_ok "Installed Python $PYTHON_VERSION via uv"
+
+    # check if already installed
+    if uv python list | grep -q "$FULL_PYTHON.*uv/python"; then
+      $STD msg_ok "Python ${FULL_PYTHON#cpython-} already installed via uv"
     else
-      $STD msg_ok "Python $PYTHON_VERSION already installed via uv"
+      $STD uv python install "${FULL_PYTHON#cpython-}"
+      msg_ok "Installed Python ${FULL_PYTHON#cpython-} via uv"
     fi
   fi
+
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------