diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 140c63c9..ac2fd039 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typing = [
   "typing-extensions >= 3.7.4.3",
 ]
 uv = [
-  "uv >= 0.1.15",
+  "uv >= 0.1.18",
 ]
 virtualenv = [
   "virtualenv >= 20.0.35",
diff --git a/src/build/env.py b/src/build/env.py
index 1e7ff1f6..e583e682 100644
--- a/src/build/env.py
+++ b/src/build/env.py
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ def create(self, path: str) -> None:
     def install_requirements(self, requirements: Collection[str]) -> None:
         cmd = [self._uv_bin, 'pip']
         if _ctx.verbosity > 1:
-            # uv doesn't support doubling up -v unlike pip.
-            cmd += ['-v']
+            cmd += [f'-{"v" * min(2, _ctx.verbosity - 1)}']
         run_subprocess([*cmd, 'install', *requirements], env={**os.environ, 'VIRTUAL_ENV': self._env_path})
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_env.py b/tests/test_env.py
index 7b1fa2ea..035457fa 100644
--- a/tests/test_env.py
+++ b/tests/test_env.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def test_uv_impl_install_cmd_well_formed(
         assert len(install_call.args) == 1
         assert install_call.args[0][1:] == [
             'pip',
-            *(['-v'] if verbosity > 1 else []),
+            *(['-vv' if verbosity > 2 else '-v'] if verbosity > 1 else []),
             'install',
             'some',
             'requirements',