diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-python.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-python.yml
index 73721bb..e1a712b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-python.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build-python-docs:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.12']
+        
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create virtual environment
         run: |
           curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-          uv venv
+          uv venv -p ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo "VIRTUAL_ENV=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.venv" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -34,6 +39,16 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: docs
         run: uv pip install -r requirements-docs.txt
 
+      # Cache HDF5
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        name: Cache apt packages
+        with:
+          packages: libhdf5-dev
+          version: 1.0
+      
+      - name: Install up4
+        run: uv pip install .
+
       - name: Build Python documentation
         working-directory: docs
         run: make html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-rust.yml
index 525aae4..d028b08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-rust.yml
@@ -28,32 +28,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      # If rustup is a valid command, we can assume that rust is installed,
-      # this is to mainly assist with testing locally via act.
-      - name: Determine if Rust is installed
-        run: |
-          if ! command -v rustup &> /dev/null
-          then 
-            echo "RUNNING_LOCALLY=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else 
-            echo "RUNNING_LOCALLY=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-      
-      # Rust doesn't already exist - need to install rustup and
-      # update apt packages to install libhdf5-dev locally 
-      # (https://github.com/awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action/issues/125)
-      - if: env.RUNNING_LOCALLY == '1'
-        name: Install Rust
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with: {toolchain: 'stable', profile: minimal, override: true}
-      
-      - if: env.RUNNING_LOCALLY == '1'
-        run: sudo apt-get update
-
-      # Rust already exists, so we can skip the installation
-      - if: env.RUNNING_LOCALLY == '0'
-        name: Set up Rust
+     
+      - name: Set up Rust
         run: rustup override set stable && rustup update
 
       - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index 2bd1bea..c64140b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
   test-python:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
+      fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.11', '3.12']
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BIN: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'Scripts' || 'bin' }}
         run: |
-          python -m venv .venv
+          python3 -m pip install uv
+          uv venv -p ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.venv/$BIN" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo "VIRTUAL_ENV=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.venv" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install uv
           uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_test.txt
 
       - name: Set up Rust
@@ -72,9 +72,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           save-if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'uPPPP' }}
+      
+      # Cache HDF5
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        name: Cache apt packages
+        with:
+          packages: libhdf5-dev
+          version: 1.0
 
       - name: Install up4
-        run: pip install .
+        run: uv pip install .
 
     # TODO add doctests
     #   - name: Run doctests
@@ -83,7 +90,9 @@ jobs:
     #       python tests/docs/run_doctest.py
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: python3 -m pytest tests/test_all.py
+        env: 
+          BIN: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'Scripts/python.exe' || 'bin/python' }}
+        run: $VIRTUAL_ENV/$BIN -m pytest tests/test_all.py
 
       - name: Trigger docs build and deploy
         uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3