diff --git a/cobot/commands/local_setup.py b/cobot/commands/local_setup.py
index f7b5c9d..b8e0133 100644
--- a/cobot/commands/local_setup.py
+++ b/cobot/commands/local_setup.py
@@ -196,12 +196,13 @@ def _ensure_root_pip_break(p: process.StepProgress) -> None:
         ">> /root/.config/pip/pip.conf )"
     )
     process.stream(privilege.sudo(["bash", "-c", snippet]), on_line=p.log)
-    # rosdep calls `pip install -U <pkg>` which tries to upgrade all transitive deps,
-    # including packages installed by apt that have no pip RECORD file. Pre-installing
-    # them via pip creates the RECORD so the later upgrade can proceed cleanly.
+    # rosdep calls `pip install -U <pkg>` which upgrades every transitive dependency,
+    # including packages installed by apt that have no pip RECORD file, causing an
+    # uninstall failure. Pre-installing with --ignore-installed creates pip RECORD
+    # files for all transitive deps so the subsequent rosdep upgrade succeeds.
     process.stream(
         privilege.sudo(["pip3", "install", "--break-system-packages",
-                        "--ignore-installed", "typing-extensions"]),
+                        "--ignore-installed", "fastmcp"]),
         on_line=p.log,
     )
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup_ros2_desktop.sh b/scripts/setup_ros2_desktop.sh
index 617202f..7f0085f 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_ros2_desktop.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_ros2_desktop.sh
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ sudo mkdir -p /root/.config/pip
 if ! sudo grep -qs 'break-system-packages' /root/.config/pip/pip.conf 2>/dev/null; then
     printf '[global]\nbreak-system-packages = true\n' | sudo tee -a /root/.config/pip/pip.conf > /dev/null
 fi
-# rosdep uses `pip install -U` which tries to upgrade apt-installed packages that
-# have no pip RECORD file (e.g. typing-extensions). Pre-installing via pip creates
-# the RECORD so subsequent upgrades succeed.
-sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed typing-extensions
+# rosdep calls `pip install -U <pkg>` which upgrades every transitive dependency,
+# including packages installed by apt that have no pip RECORD file, causing an
+# uninstall failure. Pre-installing fastmcp with --ignore-installed creates pip
+# RECORD files for all its transitive deps so the later rosdep upgrade succeeds.
+sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed fastmcp
 
 PROGRESS 100 "Done"
 echo "ROS2 Jazzy Desktop installed successfully."
diff --git a/scripts/setup_ros2_ros_base.sh b/scripts/setup_ros2_ros_base.sh
index 84e2173..e8e79c4 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_ros2_ros_base.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_ros2_ros_base.sh
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ sudo mkdir -p /root/.config/pip
 if ! sudo grep -qs 'break-system-packages' /root/.config/pip/pip.conf 2>/dev/null; then
     printf '[global]\nbreak-system-packages = true\n' | sudo tee -a /root/.config/pip/pip.conf > /dev/null
 fi
-# rosdep uses `pip install -U` which tries to upgrade apt-installed packages that
-# have no pip RECORD file (e.g. typing-extensions). Pre-installing via pip creates
-# the RECORD so subsequent upgrades succeed.
-sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed typing-extensions
+# rosdep calls `pip install -U <pkg>` which upgrades every transitive dependency,
+# including packages installed by apt that have no pip RECORD file, causing an
+# uninstall failure. Pre-installing fastmcp with --ignore-installed creates pip
+# RECORD files for all its transitive deps so the later rosdep upgrade succeeds.
+sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed fastmcp
 
 PROGRESS 100 "Done"
 echo "ROS2 Jazzy (ros-base) installed successfully."