diff --git a/plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py b/plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py
index 3cb96ffc72..578d250cce 100644
--- a/plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py
+++ b/plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py
@@ -1475,22 +1475,19 @@ def _install_hint() -> str:
     """Build the Teams install hint from the canonical LAZY_DEPS pins.
 
     Derived (not hardcoded) so a pin bump in ``tools/lazy_deps.py`` — aiohttp
-    is CVE-pinned, so bumps happen — never leaves this string stale, and
-    ``sys.executable -m pip`` targets the actual Hermes venv in every layout
-    (default install, ``HERMES_HOME`` override, profile installs) instead of
-    a hardcoded ``~/.hermes`` path.  Also sidesteps Ubuntu 24.04's PEP 668
-    ``externally-managed-environment`` failure that a bare ``pip install``
-    hint invites.
+    is CVE-pinned, so bumps happen — never leaves this string stale.
+    ``feature_install_command(venv_pip=True)`` targets the actual Hermes
+    venv in every layout and sidesteps Ubuntu 24.04's PEP 668 failure that
+    a bare ``pip install`` hint invites.
     """
     try:
-        from tools.lazy_deps import feature_specs
-        specs = " ".join(f"'{s}'" for s in feature_specs("platform.teams"))
+        from tools.lazy_deps import feature_install_command
+        cmd = feature_install_command("platform.teams", venv_pip=True)
     except Exception:  # pragma: no cover — defensive
-        specs = "'microsoft-teams-apps' 'aiohttp'"
-    return (
-        "Teams SDK missing — restart the gateway to auto-install, or run: "
-        f"{sys.executable} -m pip install {specs}"
-    )
+        cmd = None
+    if not cmd:
+        cmd = f"{sys.executable} -m pip install microsoft-teams-apps aiohttp"
+    return f"Teams SDK missing — restart the gateway to auto-install, or run: {cmd}"
 
 
 def register(ctx) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_lazy_deps.py b/tests/tools/test_lazy_deps.py
index 61b1dcb790..dd23b16cee 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_lazy_deps.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_lazy_deps.py
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ class TestAllowlist:
 
     def test_feature_install_command_unknown(self):
         assert ld.feature_install_command("not.real") is None
+        assert ld.feature_install_command("not.real", venv_pip=True) is None
+
+    def test_feature_install_command_venv_pip_targets_interpreter(self):
+        # venv_pip=True must target the running interpreter's pip (correct in
+        # every install layout, immune to PEP 668) and carry the same specs
+        # as the default uv form.
+        import sys as _sys
+        default = ld.feature_install_command("platform.teams")
+        venv = ld.feature_install_command("platform.teams", venv_pip=True)
+        assert default is not None and venv is not None
+        assert venv.startswith(f"{_sys.executable} -m pip install ")
+        assert default.startswith("uv pip install ")
+        # Same spec tail on both forms.
+        assert venv.split(" -m pip install ", 1)[1] == default.split("uv pip install ", 1)[1]
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/lazy_deps.py b/tools/lazy_deps.py
index babfa3c044..a7f20b748e 100644
--- a/tools/lazy_deps.py
+++ b/tools/lazy_deps.py
@@ -971,12 +971,23 @@ def is_available(feature: str) -> bool:
     return not feature_missing(feature)
 
 
-def feature_install_command(feature: str) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Return the ``pip install`` command a user could run manually, or None."""
+def feature_install_command(feature: str, *, venv_pip: bool = False) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the ``pip install`` command a user could run manually, or None.
+
+    ``venv_pip=True`` targets the running interpreter's pip
+    (``{sys.executable} -m pip install …``) — correct in every layout
+    (default install, ``HERMES_HOME`` overrides, profile installs) and
+    immune to Ubuntu 24.04's PEP 668 ``externally-managed-environment``
+    failure that a bare/system ``pip install`` hint invites.  The default
+    ``uv pip install`` form is kept for contexts that document uv usage.
+    """
     if feature not in LAZY_DEPS:
         return None
     specs = LAZY_DEPS[feature]
-    return "uv pip install " + " ".join(repr(s) for s in specs)
+    joined = " ".join(repr(s) for s in specs)
+    if venv_pip:
+        return f"{sys.executable} -m pip install {joined}"
+    return "uv pip install " + joined
 
 
 @dataclass