diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index e02b585b8..c9258ef18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDE
 == 2026.08.001
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes:
-
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2197[#2197]: Fix broken python integration
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2039[#2039]: IDE logo not shown in mac task bar
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2176[#2176]: Support 7z archive extraction
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2100[#2100]: Fix Python not available for Mac x64
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/Python.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/Python.java
index f5fc45d35..a705f971c 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/Python.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/Python.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public void setEnvironment(EnvironmentContext environmentContext, ToolInstallati
 
     super.setEnvironment(environmentContext, toolInstallation, additionalInstallation);
     environmentContext.withEnvVar("VIRTUAL_ENV", toolInstallation.rootDir().toString());
+    environmentContext.withEnvVar("UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT", toolInstallation.rootDir().toString());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/PythonTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/PythonTest.java
index 0489df83c..d46e7fcf8 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/PythonTest.java
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/python/PythonTest.java
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ public void testSetEnvironment() {
 
     // assert
     assertThat(variables.get("VIRTUAL_ENV").getValue().replace('\\', '/')).endsWith("/software/python");
+    assertThat(variables.get("UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT").getValue().replace('\\', '/')).endsWith("/software/python");
   }
 }