diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-environment/CloudEnvironmentPanel.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-environment/CloudEnvironmentPanel.tsx
index 83148a12fdd..a88e0e0cd2f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-environment/CloudEnvironmentPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-environment/CloudEnvironmentPanel.tsx
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ export function CloudEnvironmentPanel(props: CloudEnvironmentPanelProps): React.
               {activeBuild.autoInstall.outcome === 'installed'
                 ? t(
                     'cloudEnvironment.header.depsInstalled',
-                    'Dependencies installed ({{manager}})',
+                    'Dependencies installed with {{manager}}',
                     {
                       manager: activeBuild.autoInstall.manager
                     }
                   )
                 : t(
                     'cloudEnvironment.header.depsSkipped',
-                    'Dependencies not installed ({{manager}} install failed). Workspaces run their own setup.',
+                    'Dependencies weren’t installed because {{manager}} install failed. New workspaces start without them.',
                     { manager: activeBuild.autoInstall.manager }
                   )}
             </p>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 36921835370..f2b11da9de0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -27793,8 +27793,8 @@
     "header": {
       "active": "New workspaces start from build #{{number}}",
       "noActive": "No build yet: workspaces start from a fresh sandbox",
-      "depsInstalled": "Dependencies installed ({{manager}})",
-      "depsSkipped": "Dependencies not installed ({{manager}} install failed). Workspaces run their own setup."
+      "depsInstalled": "Dependencies installed with {{manager}}",
+      "depsSkipped": "Dependencies weren’t installed because {{manager}} install failed. New workspaces start without them."
     },
     "agent": {
       "hint": "Starts your default agent in a local checkout. It writes the install script and builds until it succeeds.",