diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/tools/main.py b/src/crewai/cli/tools/main.py
index 2cb4821c3..fad69467d 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/tools/main.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/tools/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 import click
 from rich.console import Console
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@ class ToolCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
             "Successfully authenticated to the tool repository.", style="bold green"
         )
 
-    def _add_package(self, tool_details):
+    def _add_package(self, tool_details: dict[str, Any]):
+        is_from_pypi = tool_details.get("source", None) == "pypi"
         tool_handle = tool_details["handle"]
         repository_handle = tool_details["repository"]["handle"]
         repository_url = tool_details["repository"]["url"]
@@ -187,10 +189,13 @@ class ToolCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
         add_package_command = [
             "uv",
             "add",
-            "--index",
-            index,
-            tool_handle,
         ]
+
+        if is_from_pypi:
+            add_package_command.append(tool_handle)
+        else:
+            add_package_command.extend(["--index", index, tool_handle])
+
         add_package_result = subprocess.run(
             add_package_command,
             capture_output=False,
diff --git a/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py b/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
index f9fe871f3..e3bd1fe9b 100644
--- a/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
@@ -85,6 +85,36 @@ def test_install_success(mock_get, mock_subprocess_run, capsys, tool_command):
         env=unittest.mock.ANY,
     )
 
+@patch("crewai.cli.tools.main.subprocess.run")
+@patch("crewai.cli.plus_api.PlusAPI.get_tool")
+def test_install_success_from_pypi(mock_get, mock_subprocess_run, capsys, tool_command):
+    mock_get_response = MagicMock()
+    mock_get_response.status_code = 200
+    mock_get_response.json.return_value = {
+        "handle": "sample-tool",
+        "repository": {"handle": "sample-repo", "url": "https://example.com/repo"},
+        "source": "pypi",
+    }
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_get_response
+    mock_subprocess_run.return_value = MagicMock(stderr=None)
+
+    tool_command.install("sample-tool")
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Successfully installed sample-tool" in output
+
+    mock_get.assert_has_calls([mock.call("sample-tool"), mock.call().json()])
+    mock_subprocess_run.assert_any_call(
+        [
+            "uv",
+            "add",
+            "sample-tool",
+        ],
+        capture_output=False,
+        text=True,
+        check=True,
+        env=unittest.mock.ANY,
+    )
+
 
 @patch("crewai.cli.plus_api.PlusAPI.get_tool")
 def test_install_tool_not_found(mock_get, capsys, tool_command):