diff --git a/eng/pack/templates/macos_64_env_gen.yml b/eng/pack/templates/macos_64_env_gen.yml
index 68f04f599..b0020620e 100644
--- a/eng/pack/templates/macos_64_env_gen.yml
+++ b/eng/pack/templates/macos_64_env_gen.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ steps:
       !python/**
       !tests/**
       !setuptools*/**
+      !uvloop/**
       !_distutils_hack/**
       !distutils-precedence.pth
       !pkg_resources/**
diff --git a/eng/pack/templates/nix_arm64_env_gen.yml b/eng/pack/templates/nix_arm64_env_gen.yml
index 0d57c78f6..5e90e902f 100644
--- a/eng/pack/templates/nix_arm64_env_gen.yml
+++ b/eng/pack/templates/nix_arm64_env_gen.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ steps:
       !python/**
       !tests/**
       !setuptools*/**
+      !uvloop/**
       !_distutils_hack/**
       !distutils-precedence.pth
       !pkg_resources/**
diff --git a/eng/pack/templates/nix_env_gen.yml b/eng/pack/templates/nix_env_gen.yml
index db9f54f56..dcabaff43 100644
--- a/eng/pack/templates/nix_env_gen.yml
+++ b/eng/pack/templates/nix_env_gen.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ steps:
       !python/**
       !tests/**
       !setuptools*/**
+      !uvloop/**
       !_distutils_hack/**
       !distutils-precedence.pth
       !pkg_resources/**
diff --git a/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py b/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
index 130e0e9ea..2bd5ddd3b 100644
--- a/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
+++ b/workers/azure_functions_worker/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 """Main entrypoint."""
 
 import argparse
+import asyncio
+try:
+    import uvloop
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+except Exception:
+    pass
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -45,8 +51,6 @@ def main():
     DependencyManager.initialize()
     DependencyManager.use_worker_dependencies()
 
-    import asyncio
-
     from . import logging
     from .logging import error_logger, format_exception, logger
 
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ def main():
     logger.info('Starting Azure Functions Python Worker.')
     logger.info('Worker ID: %s, Request ID: %s, Host Address: %s:%s',
                 args.worker_id, args.request_id, args.host, args.port)
+    logger.debug('Using event loop: %s', type(asyncio.get_event_loop()))
 
     try:
         return asyncio.run(start_async(
diff --git a/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py b/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
index 76d4259be..3559cef98 100644
--- a/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
+++ b/workers/azure_functions_worker/utils/dependency.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def should_load_cx_dependencies(cls):
     )
     def use_worker_dependencies(cls):
         """Switch the sys.path and ensure the worker imports are loaded from
-        Worker's dependenciess.
+        Worker's dependencies.
 
         This will not affect already imported namespaces, but will clear out
         the module cache and ensure the upcoming modules are loaded from
diff --git a/workers/proxy_worker/start_worker.py b/workers/proxy_worker/start_worker.py
index 001e54f95..46a1cb63e 100644
--- a/workers/proxy_worker/start_worker.py
+++ b/workers/proxy_worker/start_worker.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 import argparse
 import traceback
+import asyncio
+try:
+    import uvloop
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+except Exception:
+    pass
 
 _GRPC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5.0
 
@@ -41,8 +47,6 @@ def start():
     DependencyManager.initialize()
     DependencyManager.use_worker_dependencies()
 
-    import asyncio
-
     from . import logging
     from .logging import error_logger, logger
 
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ def start():
     logger.info(
         'Starting proxy worker. Worker ID: %s, Request ID: %s, Host Address: %s:%s',
         args.worker_id, args.request_id, args.host, args.port)
+    logger.debug('Using event loop: %s', type(asyncio.get_event_loop()))
 
     try:
         return asyncio.run(start_async(
diff --git a/workers/pyproject.toml b/workers/pyproject.toml
index d5740d69d..1c50017a9 100644
--- a/workers/pyproject.toml
+++ b/workers/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
      "grpcio~=1.43.0; python_version == '3.7'",
      "grpcio ~=1.59.0; python_version >= '3.8' and python_version < '3.13'",
      "grpcio~=1.70.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
+     "uvloop~=0.21.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
      "azurefunctions-extensions-base; python_version >= '3.8'",
      "azure-functions-runtime==1.0.0a3; python_version >= '3.13'",
      "azure-functions-runtime-v1==1.0.0a2; python_version >= '3.13'"