diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
index 18c8f99..99ee97c 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ import { safeSpawn } from "../../utils/safeSpawn.js";
 import { mergeSafeChainProxyEnvironmentVariables } from "../../registryProxy/registryProxy.js";
 import { getCombinedCaBundlePath } from "../../registryProxy/certBundle.js";
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} command
+ * @param {string[]} args
+ */
 export async function runPip(command, args) {
   try {
-    const env = mergeSafeChainProxyEnvironmentVariables(process.env);
+    const env = mergeSafeChainProxyEnvironmentVariables(/** @type {Record<string, string>} */ (process.env));
 
     // Always provide Python with a complete CA bundle (Safe Chain CA + Mozilla + Node built-in roots)
     // so that any network request made by pip, including those outside explicit CLI args,
@@ -20,10 +24,11 @@ export async function runPip(command, args) {
     });
     return { status: result.status };
   } catch (error) {
-    if (error.status) {
-      return { status: error.status };
+    if (error && typeof error === "object" && "status" in error) {
+      return { status: /** @type {any} */ (error).status };
     } else {
-      ui.writeError("Error executing command:", error.message);
+      const message = error && typeof error === "object" && "message" in error ? /** @type {any} */ (error).message : String(error);
+      ui.writeError("Error executing command:", message);
       return { status: 1 };
     }
   }