diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 737ebdd7..e59919c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
-      - name: install uv
-        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-
-      - name: Build and publish to PyPI
-        env:
-          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
-          uv build
-          uv publish
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install build twine
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: python -m build
+
+      - name: Check package with twine
+        run: twine check dist/*
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/cli/__init__.py b/cli/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/cli/pyproject.toml b/cli/pyproject.toml
index 882453c6..a1c488c1 100644
--- a/cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ packages = ["planoai"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = ["-v"]
+
+[tool.uv]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "pytest>=8.4.2",
+]
diff --git a/cli/test/test_config_generator.py b/cli/test/test_config_generator.py
index 420987b5..037f499d 100644
--- a/cli/test/test_config_generator.py
+++ b/cli/test/test_config_generator.py
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 import json
 import pytest
 from unittest import mock
-import sys
 from planoai.config_generator import validate_and_render_schema
 
-# Patch sys.path to allow import from cli/
-import os
-
-sys.path.insert(
-    0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "cli"))
-)
-
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def cleanup_env(monkeypatch):
diff --git a/cli/uv.lock b/cli/uv.lock
index b14eae1a..7cc4147f 100644
--- a/cli/uv.lock
+++ b/cli/uv.lock
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest" },
 ]
 
+[package.dev-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    { name = "pytest" },
+]
+
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "click", specifier = "<9.0.0,>=8.1.7" },
@@ -267,6 +272,9 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "requests", specifier = "<3.0.0,>=2.31.0" },
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.requires-dev]
+dev = [{ name = "pytest", specifier = ">=8.4.2" }]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "1.6.0"