diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c33d56de7..a52014743 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - Updated uv from 0.10.7 to 0.10.9. ([#2049](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/pull/2049))
+- Switched to downloading uv from `releases.astral.sh` instead of GitHub releases. ([#2050](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/pull/2050))
 
 ## [v338] - 2026-03-03
 
diff --git a/lib/uv.sh b/lib/uv.sh
index 53d66e990..a3bc2d2bb 100644
--- a/lib/uv.sh
+++ b/lib/uv.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function uv::install_uv() {
 		local gnu_arch
 		# eg: `x86_64` or `aarch64`.
 		gnu_arch=$(arch)
-		local uv_url="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/${UV_VERSION}/uv-${gnu_arch}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+		local uv_url="https://releases.astral.sh/github/uv/releases/download/${UV_VERSION}/uv-${gnu_arch}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
 
 		local error_log
 		error_log=$(mktemp)
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ function uv::install_uv() {
 			output::error <<-EOF
 				Error: Unable to install uv.
 
-				Failed to download/install uv from GitHub:
+				Failed to download/install uv from:
 				${uv_url}
 
 				In some cases, this happens due to a temporary issue with
-				the network connection or GitHub's API/CDN.
+				the network connection or Astral's CDN, Cloudflare.
 
 				Try building again to see if the error resolves itself.
 
-				If that doesn't help, check the status of GitHub here:
-				https://www.githubstatus.com
+				If that doesn't help, check the status of Cloudflare here:
+				https://www.cloudflarestatus.com
 			EOF
 			build_data::set_string "failure_reason" "install-package-manager::uv"
 			# e.g.: 'curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer'