diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/mcpb/get-bundle-deploy-payload.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/mcpb/get-bundle-deploy-payload.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72fd1e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/mcpb/get-bundle-deploy-payload.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import { rm } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { strToU8, zipSync } from "fflate"
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest"
+import { getBundleDeployPayload } from "../../mcpb.js"
+
+describe("getBundleDeployPayload", () => {
+	const tempDirs: string[] = []
+
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		await Promise.all(
+			tempDirs.map((tempDir) => rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })),
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("maps MCPB uv servers to the Python deployment runtime", () => {
+		const tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "mcpb-deploy-payload-test-"))
+		tempDirs.push(tempDir)
+		const bundlePath = join(tempDir, "server.mcpb")
+		const manifest = {
+			manifest_version: "0.4",
+			name: "uv-server",
+			version: "1.0.0",
+			server: {
+				type: "uv",
+				entry_point: "src/server.py",
+			},
+		}
+		const bundle = zipSync({
+			"manifest.json": strToU8(JSON.stringify(manifest)),
+		})
+		writeFileSync(bundlePath, bundle)
+
+		expect(getBundleDeployPayload(bundlePath)).toMatchObject({
+			type: "stdio",
+			runtime: "python",
+			serverCard: {
+				serverInfo: {
+					name: "uv-server",
+					version: "1.0.0",
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/mcpb.ts b/src/lib/mcpb.ts
index b323581d..cb210c81 100644
--- a/src/lib/mcpb.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mcpb.ts
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ function detectBundleRuntime(
 	if (command === "bun") {
 		return "bun"
 	}
-	if (manifest.server?.type === "python") {
+	if (manifest.server?.type === "python" || manifest.server?.type === "uv") {
 		return "python"
 	}
 	if (manifest.server?.type === "node") {