diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a28707220e..0045858261 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ Manual path (equivalent to the above):
 
 ```bash
 curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-uv venv venv --python 3.11
-source venv/bin/activate
+uv venv .venv --python 3.11
+source .venv/bin/activate
 uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
 scripts/run_tests.sh
 ```