[Python] pip and uv point to ~/.local/bin/ even after activating virtual environment

I'm working on a python project created using uv on a ubuntu system.

I activated virtual environment using

source .venv/bin/activate

which python points to

/home/username/my-project/.venv/bin/python

However, when I check where pip and uv is are pointing

which pip
which uv


I get

/home/username/.local/bin/pip
/home/username/.local/bin/uv


Instead of

home/username/my-project/.venv/bin/pip
home/username/my-project/.venv/bin/uv


This is causing issues with dependencies not installing on the correct environment, and my FASTAPI project using uv isn't isloated as expected

The issue is that there are other two FASTPI projects running in the machine and this new project has updated versions of FASTAPI and pydantic

so installing them using python -m pip install pydantic==2.11.7 causes issues on the other two projects

Question:

How do I ensure that after activating the virtual environment, the venv's pip and uv take predecence over the global ones in ~/.local/bin/ ?

The python version is 3.11

What I've tried

1. Deleted and recreated the .venv
2. Actiavted sourve with .venv/bin/actiavte
3. Verified $VIRTUAL_ENV is set correctly

Still pip and uv default to the global user-installed versions

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