diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index 5d8a62dd7..9a822ae0b 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ termcolor>=2.3
 tomli==2.0.1
 tomlkit==0.12.3
 typing_extensions>=4.9.0rc1
-uv
+uv==0.1.18  # https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/2450
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_third_party.py b/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
index 9036805d7..9fa21b2da 100755
--- a/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
+++ b/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ def run_stubtest(
 
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
         venv_dir = Path(tmp)
-        subprocess.run(["uv", "venv", venv_dir, "--seed"], capture_output=True, check=True)
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(["uv", "venv", venv_dir, "--seed"], capture_output=True, check=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            print_command_failure("Failed to create a virtualenv (likely a bug in uv?)", e)
+            return False
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             pip_exe = str(venv_dir / "Scripts" / "pip.exe")
             python_exe = str(venv_dir / "Scripts" / "python.exe")