diff --git a/Jenkinsfile_config_dir b/Jenkinsfile_config_dir
index 4d6c88d..1720fde 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile_config_dir
+++ b/Jenkinsfile_config_dir
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ pipeline {
                 timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS') {
                     bat '''
                         call get_python.bat
-                        call utils/jenkins_utils/hotfix_checker.bat
-                        call \\\\isis.cclrc.ac.uk\\Shares\\ISIS_Experiment_Controls_Public\\ibex_utils\\installation_and_upgrade\\remove_genie_python.bat %LATEST_PYTHON_DIR%
+                        python -u hotfix_checker.py
                     '''
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile_epics_dir b/Jenkinsfile_epics_dir
index e81bf13..e004f74 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile_epics_dir
+++ b/Jenkinsfile_epics_dir
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ pipeline {
                 timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS') {
                     bat '''
                         call get_python.bat
-                        call utils/jenkins_utils/hotfix_checker.bat
-                        call \\\\isis.cclrc.ac.uk\\Shares\\ISIS_Experiment_Controls_Public\\ibex_utils\\installation_and_upgrade\\remove_genie_python.bat %LATEST_PYTHON_DIR%
+                        python -u hotfix_checker.py
                     '''
                 }
             }
diff --git a/get_python.bat b/get_python.bat
index 9926112..4ef4eb8 100644
--- a/get_python.bat
+++ b/get_python.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-CALL \\isis.cclrc.ac.uk\Shares\ISIS_Experiment_Controls_Public\ibex_utils\installation_and_upgrade\define_latest_genie_python.bat %WORKSPACE:/=\%
+CALL \\isis.cclrc.ac.uk\Shares\ISIS_Experiment_Controls_Public\ibex_utils\installation_and_upgrade\install_or_update_uv.bat
 
-%LATEST_PYTHON3% -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+set UV_TEMP_VENV=C:\Instrument\Var\tmp\.hotfixstatuscheckervenv
+set UV_PYTHON=3.12
+uv venv "%UV_TEMP_VENV%"
+call "%UV_TEMP_VENV%\scripts\activate"
+uv pip install -r "%~dp0\requirements.txt" --no-build
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e957084..0aa877b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-paramiko==3.4.0
-python-dotenv==1.0.1
+paramiko==3.5.1
+python-dotenv==1.1.1
 Requests==2.32.3
+packaging==25.0
diff --git a/utils/jenkins_utils/hotfix_checker.bat b/utils/jenkins_utils/hotfix_checker.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index fec6f5d..0000000
--- a/utils/jenkins_utils/hotfix_checker.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-setlocal
-
-REM Requires Python3 and python-ssh to be installed in C:\HotfixStatusChecker\Python3 on Jenkins agent
-REM to setup run get_python.bat on the Jenkins agent
-
-REM Check if virtual environment directory exists, if not, create it
-if not exist my_env (
-    @echo Creating python virtual environemnt in my_env
-    %LATEST_PYTHON% -m venv my_env venv --system-site-packages
-)
-
-REM Activate the virtual environment
-call my_env\Scripts\activate.bat
-
-REM Install required packages
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-REM Run the hotfix_checker script 
-python -u hotfix_checker.py
-
-REM Deactivate the virtual environment
-deactivate
-REM Check for errors and exit with the appropriate error level for Jenkins
-exit /b %errorlevel%
-
-
-@endlocal