diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_apistub.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_apistub.yml
index ea84514f3ba0..cf738f19a922 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_apistub.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_apistub.yml
@@ -31,14 +31,18 @@ steps:
     condition: and(succeededOrFailed(), ne(variables['Skip.ApiStubGen'],'true'))
     displayName: 'Generate API stub files'
     inputs:
-      scriptPath: 'scripts/devops_tasks/dispatch_tox.py'
+      scriptPath: 'eng/scripts/dispatch_checks.py'
       arguments: >-
         "$(TargetingString)"
         ${{ parameters.AdditionalTestArgs }}
         -d "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
         --mark_arg="${{ parameters.TestMarkArgument }}"
         --service="${{ parameters.ServiceDirectory }}"
-        --toxenv="apistub"
+        --checks="apistub"
         --disablecov
         --filter-type="Omit_management"
-        ${{ parameters.AdditionalTestArgs }}
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+        ${{ parameters.AdditionalTestArgs }}
+    env:
+      TOX_PIP_IMPL: "uv"
+      VIRTUAL_ENV: ""
+      PYTHONHOME: ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/Check.py b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/Check.py
index 212e089b82d0..697a32ce4525 100644
--- a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/Check.py
+++ b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/Check.py
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ def create_venv(self, isolate: bool, venv_location: str) -> str:
 
             subprocess.check_call(venv_cmd + [venv_location])
 
+            # ensure uv venv has pip for tools that require pip
+            if venv_cmd[0] == "uv":
+                try:
+                    subprocess.check_call(["uv", "pip", "install", "--python", venv_python, "pip"])
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to ensure pip in uv venv: {e}")
+
             if in_ci():
                 # first attempt to retrieve azure-sdk-tools from the prebuilt wheel directory
                 # if present, install from there instead of constantly rebuilding azure-sdk-tools in a possible
diff --git a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/apistub.py b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/apistub.py
index 183f76aee7ae..d97d68edc4bb 100644
--- a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/apistub.py
+++ b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/apistub.py
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 MAX_PYTHON_VERSION = (3, 11)
 
 
-def get_package_wheel_path(pkg_root: str, out_path: Optional[str]) -> tuple[str, Optional[str]]:
+def get_package_wheel_path(pkg_root: str) -> str:
     # parse setup.py to get package name and version
     pkg_details = ParsedSetup.from_path(pkg_root)
 
     # Check if wheel is already built and available for current package
     prebuilt_dir = os.getenv("PREBUILT_WHEEL_DIR")
-    out_token_path = None
     if prebuilt_dir:
         found_whl = find_whl(prebuilt_dir, pkg_details.name, pkg_details.version)
         pkg_path = os.path.join(prebuilt_dir, found_whl) if found_whl else None
@@ -32,16 +31,10 @@ def get_package_wheel_path(pkg_root: str, out_path: Optional[str]) -> tuple[str,
                     pkg_details.name, pkg_details.version, prebuilt_dir
                 )
             )
-        # If the package is a wheel and out_path is given, the token file output path should be the parent directory of the wheel
-        if out_path:
-            out_token_path = os.path.join(out_path, os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(pkg_path)))
-        return pkg_path, out_token_path
-
+        return pkg_path
     # Otherwise, use wheel created in staging directory, or fall back on source directory
     pkg_path = find_whl(pkg_root, pkg_details.name, pkg_details.version) or pkg_root
-    out_token_path = out_path
-
-    return pkg_path, out_token_path
+    return pkg_path
 
 
 def get_cross_language_mapping_path(pkg_root):
@@ -106,7 +99,7 @@ def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             create_package_and_install(
                 distribution_directory=staging_directory,
                 target_setup=package_dir,
-                skip_install=True,
+                skip_install=False,
                 cache_dir=None,
                 work_dir=staging_directory,
                 force_create=False,
@@ -117,9 +110,16 @@ def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
 
             self.pip_freeze(executable)
 
-            pkg_path, out_token_path = get_package_wheel_path(package_dir, staging_directory)
+            pkg_path = get_package_wheel_path(package_dir)
+            out_token_path = staging_directory
             cross_language_mapping_path = get_cross_language_mapping_path(package_dir)
 
+            pkg_path = os.path.abspath(pkg_path)
+            if out_token_path:
+                out_token_path = os.path.abspath(out_token_path)
+            if cross_language_mapping_path:
+                cross_language_mapping_path = os.path.abspath(cross_language_mapping_path)
+
             cmds = ["-m", "apistub", "--pkg-path", pkg_path]
 
             if out_token_path:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             logger.info("Running apistub {}.".format(cmds))
 
             try:
-                self.run_venv_command(executable, cmds, cwd=package_dir, check=True, immediately_dump=True)
+                self.run_venv_command(executable, cmds, cwd=staging_directory, check=True, immediately_dump=True)
             except CalledProcessError as e:
                 logger.error(f"{package_name} exited with error {e.returncode}")
                 results.append(e.returncode)