diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
index 99ee97c..ce75466 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import { getCombinedCaBundlePath } from "../../registryProxy/certBundle.js";
 /**
  * @param {string} command
  * @param {string[]} args
+ *
+ * @returns {Promise<{status: number}>}
  */
 export async function runPip(command, args) {
   try {
-    const env = mergeSafeChainProxyEnvironmentVariables(/** @type {Record<string, string>} */ (process.env));
+    // @ts-expect-error values of process.env can be string | undefined
+    const env = mergeSafeChainProxyEnvironmentVariables(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,
@@ -23,12 +26,11 @@ export async function runPip(command, args) {
       env,
     });
     return { status: result.status };
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error && typeof error === "object" && "status" in error) {
-      return { status: /** @type {any} */ (error).status };
+  } catch (/** @type any */ error) {
+    if (error.status) {
+      return { status: error.status };
     } else {
-      const message = error && typeof error === "object" && "message" in error ? /** @type {any} */ (error).message : String(error);
-      ui.writeError("Error executing command:", message);
+      ui.writeError("Error executing command:", error.message);
       return { status: 1 };
     }
   }