diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b15107f3..0ef25cdf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pyrightconfig.json
 venv/
 pytest-report.xml
 .coverage
+.python-version
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
deleted file mode 100644
index c8cfe3959..000000000
--- a/.python-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.10
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7c0b5d94e..71e610064 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ outlined on that page and do not file a public issue.
 
 We use [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) to manage python dependencies and virtual environments.
 You can install `uv` by following this [guide](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/).
+
 You can install the dependencies by running:
 
 ```bash
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ uv pip install -e .
 source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> You can pin a specific version of Python to use for `uv` by adding a `.python-version` file in the root project directory.
+> Otherwise, `uv` will automatically select a Python version according to the `requires-python` section of the `pyproject.toml`.
+> For more info, see the [uv docs around Python versions](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/python-versions/).
+
 Note that you can create a dotenv file `.env` that includes necessary environment variables:
 ```
 LLAMA_STACK_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8321