openvinotoolkit · sbalandi · Nov 6, 2025 · Nov 6, 2025 · Nov 19, 2025 · Nov 19, 2025
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# See help here: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/enabling-and-disabling-version-updates
+ See help here: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/enabling-and-disabling-version-updates
 
 version: 2
 updates:
@@ -26,17 +26,12 @@ updates:
     versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
 
   #
-  # Python dependencies
+  # Python dependencies (UV workspace)
   #
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directories:
-      - "/"
-      - "./samples/"
-      - "./tests/python_tests/"
-      - "./tools/llm_bench/"
-      - "./tools/who_what_benchmark/"
+  - package-ecosystem: "uv"
+    directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
       time: "09:00"
       timezone: "Europe/Dublin"
-    versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -583,13 +583,21 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}
           merge-multiple: true
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI Wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai;whowhatbench"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tests/python_tests/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
@@ -690,13 +698,23 @@ jobs:
           pigz -dc ${{ env.GENAI_SAMPLES_NAME }} | tar -xf - -C ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}
         working-directory: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Setup Node
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
@@ -776,12 +794,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fix C++ samples permissions
         run: chmod +x ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/samples_bin/*
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt;${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tools/llm_bench/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --package llm_bench --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: gtests unit tests
         if: ${{ fromJSON(needs.smart_ci.outputs.affected_components).continuous_batching }}
@@ -919,12 +946,18 @@ jobs:
                 -B ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}
           cmake --build ${{ env.BUILD_DIR}} --config Release --parallel $(nproc) --target py_openvino_genai --verbose
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
-          packages: openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers]
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tests/python_tests/requirements.txt"
+          packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers]"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Run test_llm_pipeline.py when -DENABLE_XGRAMMAR=OFF
         env:

diff --git a/.github/workflows/mac.yml b/.github/workflows/mac.yml
@@ -510,13 +510,21 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI Wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai;whowhatbench"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tests/python_tests/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
@@ -592,13 +600,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       # transformers >= 4.52 require torch >= 2.6 and raise an error otherwise:
       # ValueError: Due to a serious vulnerability issue in `torch.load`, even with `weights_only=True`, we now require users to upgrade torch to at least v2.6 in order to use the function. This version restriction does not apply when loading files with safetensors.
@@ -684,12 +702,20 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: gtests unit tests
         run: |

diff --git a/.github/workflows/manylinux_2_28.yml b/.github/workflows/manylinux_2_28.yml
@@ -521,13 +521,21 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}
           merge-multiple: true
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI Wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai;whowhatbench"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tests/python_tests/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        run: uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -672,13 +672,22 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI Wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai;whowhatbench"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/tests/python_tests/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        shell: bash
+        run: uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
@@ -771,13 +780,24 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: Setup NodeJS
         if: ${{ matrix.test.run_condition }}
@@ -850,12 +870,21 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Setup UV
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
       - name: Install GenAI wheels
         uses: ./src/.github/actions/install_wheel
         with:
           packages: "openvino;openvino_tokenizers[transformers];openvino_genai[testing]"
-          requirements_files: "${{ env.SRC_DIR }}/samples/requirements.txt"
           local_wheel_dir: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/wheels
+
+      - name: Sync dependency groups
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra samples --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
+          uv sync --extra testing-full --no-install-project --prerelease=allow
 
       - name: gtests unit tests
         run: |

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "2026.0.0.0"
 description = "Library of the most popular Generative AI model pipelines, optimized execution methods, and samples"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 readme = { file = "src/README.md", content-type="text/markdown" }
-license = { "file" = "LICENSE" }
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [
     { name = "OpenVINO Developers", email = "openvino@intel.com" },
 ]
@@ -29,14 +29,95 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython"
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "openvino_tokenizers~=2026.0.0.0.dev"
+    "openvino~=2026.0.0.0.dev",
+    "openvino-tokenizers~=2026.0.0.0.dev",
 ]
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 testing = ["pytest>=6.0"]
+samples = [
+    "librosa==0.11.0",
+    "pillow==12.0.0",
+    "json5==0.12.1",
+    "pydantic==2.12.3",
+]
+samples-export = [
+    "optimum-intel[nncf]==1.26.0",
+    "numpy==1.26.4; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64' and python_version < '3.13'",
+    "numpy>=2.1.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
+    "safetensors==0.6.2; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
+    "einops==0.8.1",
+    "transformers-stream-generator==0.0.5",
+    "diffusers==0.35.2",
+    "timm==1.0.21",
+    "torchvision==0.17.2; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
+    "torchvision==0.23.0; platform_system != 'Darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64'",
+    "transformers==4.55.4",
+    "hf-transfer==0.1.9",
+    "backoff==2.2.1",
+    "peft==0.17.1",
+]
+testing-full = [
+    "diffusers==0.35.2",
+    "optimum-intel==1.26.0",
+    "numpy==1.26.4; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64' and python_version < '3.13'",
+    "numpy>=2.1.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
+    "safetensors==0.6.2; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
+    "pytest==8.4.2",
+    "transformers==4.55.4",
+    "hf-transfer==0.1.9",
+    "gguf==0.17.1",
+    "langchain-community==0.4",
+    "langchain-core==1.0.1",
+    "einops==0.8.1",
+    "torchvision==0.17.2; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
+    "torchvision==0.23.0; platform_system != 'Darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64'",
+    "timm==1.0.21",
+    "librosa==0.11.0",
+    "soundfile==0.13.1",
+    "datasets==4.1.1; sys_platform == 'linux'",
+    "datasets==3.6.0; sys_platform != 'linux'",
+    "torchcodec==0.7.0; sys_platform == 'linux'",
+    "rouge==1.0.1",
+    "peft==0.17.1",
+]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=6.0",
+    "pytest-xdist",
+    "ruff",
+]
+
+[tool.uv.workspace]
+members = [
+    "tools/cacheviz",
+]
+
+[tool.uv]
+index-strategy = "unsafe-best-match"
+
+[[tool.uv.index]]
+name = "openvino-nightly"
+url = "https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/simple/wheels/nightly"
+explicit = true
+
+[[tool.uv.index]]
+name = "pytorch-cpu"
+url = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
+explicit = true
+
+[tool.uv.sources]
+openvino-genai = { workspace = true }
+openvino = { index = "openvino-nightly" }
+openvino-tokenizers = { index = "openvino-nightly" }
+torch = { index = "pytorch-cpu" }
+torchvision = { index = "pytorch-cpu" }
 
 [tool.py-build-cmake.module]
 directory = "src/python"
 
+[tool.py-build-cmake.editable]
+mode = "wrapper"
+
 [tool.py-build-cmake.sdist]
 include = ["CMakeLists.txt", "LICENSE", "third-party-programs.txt", "SECURITY.md", "cmake", "src", "thirdparty"]
 

diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt