diff --git a/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/call.py b/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/call.py
index 4c3c7b30..3cd4534f 100644
--- a/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/call.py
+++ b/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/call.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def call_uv_subprocess(args: list[str], change_toml: bool) -> str:
 
     if usethis_config.subprocess_verbose:
         new_args = [*new_args[:2], "--verbose", *new_args[2:]]
-    elif args[:2] != ["python", "list"]:
+    elif args[:2] != ["python", "list"] and args[:2] != ["self", "version"]:
         new_args = [*new_args[:2], "--quiet", *new_args[2:]]
 
     try:
diff --git a/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/version.py b/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6d6c929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import json
+
+from usethis._integrations.backend.uv.call import call_uv_subprocess
+from usethis._integrations.backend.uv.errors import UVSubprocessFailedError
+
+FALLBACK_UV_VERSION = "0.9.9"
+
+
+def get_uv_version() -> str:
+    try:
+        json_str = call_uv_subprocess(
+            ["self", "version", "--output-format=json"],
+            change_toml=False,
+        )
+    except UVSubprocessFailedError:
+        return FALLBACK_UV_VERSION
+
+    json_dict: dict = json.loads(json_str)
+    return json_dict.get("version", FALLBACK_UV_VERSION)
diff --git a/tests/docs/test_readme.py b/tests/docs/test_readme.py
index 6648d02a..c0ae41cb 100644
--- a/tests/docs/test_readme.py
+++ b/tests/docs/test_readme.py
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ def test_assemble_readme_from_docs(usethis_dev_dir: Path):
     parts.append(
         _get_doc_file(usethis_dev_dir / "docs" / "start" / "example-usage.md")
         .replace(  # README uses absolute links, docs use relative links
-            "](start/detailed-example.md)",
+            "](detailed-example.md)",
             "](https://usethis.readthedocs.io/en/stable/start/detailed-example)",
         )
         .replace(
-            "](cli/reference.md)",
+            "](../cli/reference.md)",
             "](https://usethis.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli/reference)",
         )
     )
diff --git a/tests/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/test_version.py b/tests/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d7e8519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usethis/_integrations/backend/uv/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from usethis._config import usethis_config
+from usethis._integrations.backend.uv.errors import UVSubprocessFailedError
+from usethis._integrations.backend.uv.version import FALLBACK_UV_VERSION, get_uv_version
+from usethis._integrations.ci.github.errors import GitHubTagError
+from usethis._integrations.ci.github.tags import get_github_latest_tag
+from usethis._test import change_cwd
+
+
+class TestGetUVVersion:
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("_vary_network_conn")
+    def test_latest_version(self):
+        if os.getenv("CI"):
+            pytest.skip("Avoid flaky pipelines by testing version bumps manually")
+
+        try:
+            assert (
+                get_github_latest_tag(owner="astral-sh", repo="uv")
+                == FALLBACK_UV_VERSION
+            )
+        except GitHubTagError as err:
+            if usethis_config.offline or "rate limit exceeded for url" in str(err):
+                pytest.skip(
+                    "Failed to fetch GitHub tags (connection issues); skipping test"
+                )
+            raise err
+
+    def test_matches_pattern(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        # Act
+        with change_cwd(tmp_path):
+            version = get_uv_version()
+
+        # Assert
+        assert isinstance(version, str)
+        assert version.count(".") == 2
+        major, minor, patch = version.split(".")
+        assert major.isdigit()
+        assert minor.isdigit()
+        assert patch.isdigit()
+
+    def test_mock_subprocess_failure(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+        # Arrange
+        def mock_call_uv_subprocess(*_, **__) -> str:
+            raise UVSubprocessFailedError
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "usethis._integrations.backend.uv.version.call_uv_subprocess",
+            mock_call_uv_subprocess,
+        )
+
+        # Act
+        version = get_uv_version()
+
+        # Assert
+        assert version == FALLBACK_UV_VERSION