diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
index 70a8ca82a32e0..e061169fb372b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dist
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.30.4/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.31.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
 
       - name: Run dist plan
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 836990fecaa26..334840df1af56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.30.4/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.31.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@6027e3dd177782cd8ab9af838c04fd81a07f1d47
         with:
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
index 257efd455eb62..c1e33f947a92f 100644
--- a/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = ["cargo:."]
 # See: #16989
 allow-dirty = ["ci"]
 # The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.30.4"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.31.0"
 # Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
 dist = false
 # CI backends to support
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ github-custom-job-permissions = { "build-docker" = { packages = "write", content
 install-updater = false
 # Path that installers should place binaries in
 install-path = ["$XDG_BIN_HOME/", "$XDG_DATA_HOME/../bin", "~/.local/bin"]
+# Prefer simple hosting for downloads, falling back to GitHub releases
+hosting = ["simple", "github"]
+simple-download-url = "https://releases.astral.sh/github/uv/releases/download/{tag}"
 
 [dist.github-custom-runners]
 global = "depot-ubuntu-latest-4"