diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9738a347..870bbfb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 So far **linopy** is available on the PyPI repository
 
 ```bash
-pip install linopy
+uv pip install linopy
 ```
 
 or on conda-forge
@@ -159,10 +159,8 @@ Note that these do have to be installed by the user separately.
 To set up a local development environment for linopy and to run the same tests that are run in the CI, you can run:
 
 ```sh
-python -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install uv
-uv pip install -e .[dev,solvers]
+uv sync --extra dev --extra solvers
+source .venv/bin/activate
 pytest
 ```
 
diff --git a/doc/contributing.rst b/doc/contributing.rst
index 4bb9b60a..3b0ab94d 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/contributing.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ Development Setup
 For linting and formatting, we use `ruff <https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/>`_
 and run it via `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com/index.html>`_:
 
-1. Installation ``conda install -c conda-forge pre-commit`` or ``pip install pre-commit``
-2. Usage:
-    * To automatically activate ``pre-commit`` on every ``git commit``: Run ``pre-commit install``
-    * To manually run it: ``pre-commit run --all-files``
+* Install the git hook (once): ``pre-commit install``
+* Run manually: ``pre-commit run --all-files``
 
 Running Tests
 =============
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ To run the test suite:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     # Install development dependencies
-    pip install -e .[dev,solvers]
+    uv sync --extra dev --extra solvers
 
     # Run all tests
     pytest
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ When working on performance-sensitive code, use the internal benchmark suite in
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     # Install benchmark dependencies
-    pip install -e ".[benchmarks]"
+    uv sync --extra benchmarks
 
     # Quick timing benchmarks
     pytest benchmarks/ --quick
diff --git a/doc/gpu-acceleration.rst b/doc/gpu-acceleration.rst
index a9048973..2498993a 100644
--- a/doc/gpu-acceleration.rst
+++ b/doc/gpu-acceleration.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To install it, you have to have the `CUDA Toolkit <https://developer.nvidia.com/
     # Follow instructions at: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
 
     # Install cuPDLPx
-    pip install cupdlpx>=0.1.2
+    uv pip install "cupdlpx>=0.1.2"
 
 **Features:**
 
diff --git a/doc/prerequisites.rst b/doc/prerequisites.rst
index afb0e8a7..7a9e83bd 100644
--- a/doc/prerequisites.rst
+++ b/doc/prerequisites.rst
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Before you start, make sure you have the following:
 Install Linopy
 --------------
 
-You can install Linopy using pip or conda. Here are the commands for each method:
+You can install Linopy using uv or conda. Here are the commands for each method:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pip install linopy
+   uv pip install linopy
 
 or
 
@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ required:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    pip install linopy[solvers]
+    uv pip install "linopy[solvers]"
 
 
-We recommend installing the HiGHS solver, which is free, open source, and
-fast across a wide range of problem sizes:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    pip install highspy
+We recommend the HiGHS solver, which is free, open source, and fast
+across a wide range of problem sizes. It is included in both the
+``solvers`` and ``dev`` extras.
 
 
 GPU-accelerated solvers
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ For large-scale optimization problems, GPU-accelerated solvers can provide signi
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    pip install cupdlpx
+    uv pip install cupdlpx
 
 
 For most of the other solvers, please click on the links to get further installation information.
diff --git a/examples/solve-on-remote.ipynb b/examples/solve-on-remote.ipynb
index 659cf9d6..73e6346b 100644
--- a/examples/solve-on-remote.ipynb
+++ b/examples/solve-on-remote.ipynb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "\n",
     "## What you need for SSH remote solving\n",
     "\n",
-    "* A running installation of paramiko on your local machine (`pip install paramiko`)\n",
+    "* The `remote` extra installed on your local machine (`uv pip install \"linopy[remote]\"`), which pulls in `paramiko`\n",
     "* A remote server with a working installation of linopy (e.g., in a conda environment)\n",
     "* SSH access to that machine\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5fa135a..6ab66c94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ oetc = [
     "google-cloud-storage",
     "requests",
 ]
+remote = [
+    "paramiko",
+]
 docs = [
     "ipython==8.26.0",
     "numpydoc==1.7.0",