diff --git a/backends/gaudi/Makefile b/backends/gaudi/Makefile
index 77581517..e135f16e 100644
--- a/backends/gaudi/Makefile
+++ b/backends/gaudi/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ local-dev-install: install-dependencies
 
 # In order to run the integration tests, you need to first build the image (make -C backends/gaudi image)
 run-integration-tests:
+	pip install -U pip uv
 	uv pip install -r ${root_dir}/backends/gaudi/server/integration-tests/requirements.txt
 	DOCKER_VOLUME=${root_dir}/data \
 	HF_TOKEN=`cat ${HOME}/.cache/huggingface/token` \
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ run-integration-tests:
 
 # This is used to capture the expected outputs for the integration tests offering an easy way to add more models to the integration tests
 capture-expected-outputs-for-integration-tests:
+	pip install -U pip uv
 	DOCKER_VOLUME=${root_dir}/data \
 	HF_TOKEN=`cat ${HOME}/.cache/huggingface/token` \
 	uv run pytest --durations=0 -sv ${root_dir}/backends/gaudi/server/integration-tests/capture_expected_outputs.py