diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 399a272c..c6a0e486 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "substrate"
 version = "1.2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "commitizen>=4.1.0",
+    "commitizen>=4.3.0",
     "copier>=9.4.1",
     "pre-commit>=4.1.0",
     "ruff>=0.9.3",
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 bump_message = "bump: v$current_version → v$new_version"
-pre_bump_hooks = ["uv lock --offline --upgrade-package substrate"]
 tag_format = "v$version"
 update_changelog_on_bump = true
-version_provider = "pep621"
+version_provider = "uv"
diff --git a/template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 61688b68..102a4612 100644
--- a/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ issues = "{{ project_url.rstrip('/') }}/{% if ci == 'gitlab' %}-/{% endif %}issu
 [dependency-groups]  # https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#development-dependencies
 dev = [
   {%- if with_conventional_commits %}
-  "commitizen (>=4.1.0)",
+  "commitizen (>=4.3.0)",
   {%- endif %}
   "coverage[toml] (>=7.6.10)",
   "ipykernel (>=6.29.4)",
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ dev = [
 
 [tool.commitizen]  # https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/config/
 bump_message = "bump: v$current_version → v$new_version"
-pre_bump_hooks = ["uv lock --offline --upgrade-package {{ project_name_kebab_case }}"]
 tag_format = "v$version"
 update_changelog_on_bump = true
-version_provider = "pep621"
+version_provider = "uv"
 {%- endif %}
 
 [tool.coverage.report]  # https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#report
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dd53098f..1d6f1565 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "commitizen"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.4.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "argcomplete" },
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "tomlkit" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7a/c5/66f1b977b48501a33f5fd33253aba14786483b08aba987718d272e99e732/commitizen-4.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4f2d9400ec411aec1c738d4c63fc7fd5807cd6ddf6be970869e03e68b88ff718", size = 51252 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b5/fd/cd449bed87a26ecb61c950410e2d94e97ac31bf1f3ec69cc718b215384ce/commitizen-4.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:626d9f545fb9b2db42305e16ef35d6348a35081a80527bad863a05a7ba0bec21", size = 52345 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/48/f7/7f70adfbf3553ffdbe391eaacde72b21dbc1b4226ae56ca32e8ded1bf70b/commitizen-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e6c5fbd442cab4bcc5a04bc86ef2196ef84bcf611317d6c596e87f5bb4c09f5", size = 72282 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/33/0a/03fd9b5b7d9de11ff5e7c5a73b66c17775d00c9eea07b585d4fd7bf45a31/commitizen-4.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:98dbee784cc74fd1b24915e265e99ce81caccd64e54cb42b347a37d1dd2a4cd8", size = 74882 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "commitizen", specifier = ">=4.1.0" },
+    { name = "commitizen", specifier = ">=4.3.0" },
     { name = "copier", specifier = ">=9.4.1" },
     { name = "pre-commit", specifier = ">=4.1.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.3" },