diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.i18n.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.i18n.test.tsx
index a1b65416..b01cc8d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.i18n.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.i18n.test.tsx
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ describe('DriverManagerModal i18n', () => {
     });
 
     const content = textContent(renderer!.toJSON());
+    const titleRow = renderer!.root.findByProps({ className: 'driver-manager-title-row' });
+    const updateNote = renderer!.root.findByProps({ className: 'driver-manager-update-note' });
+    expect(textContent(titleRow)).toContain('Reinstall needed');
+    expect(updateNote.findAll((node) => node.type === 'span' && textContent(node) === 'Reinstall required')).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(content).toContain('Reinstall required to apply driver updates.');
     expect(content).toContain('Affects 3 saved connections');
     expect(content).toContain('installed revision rev-old');
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.test.tsx
index 374b438c..f8797e5f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.test.tsx
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ describe('DriverManagerModal toolbar actions', () => {
     expect(findButton(modalRenderer!, t('driver.modal.card.action.install')).props.size).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('shows the driver display name without repeating its internal type', async () => {
+    for (const embedded of [false, true]) {
+      let renderer: ReactTestRenderer;
+      await act(async () => {
+        renderer = create(<DriverManagerModal open embedded={embedded} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
+      });
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      const titleRow = renderer!.root.findByProps({ className: 'driver-manager-title-row' });
+      const titleText = textContent(titleRow);
+      expect(titleText).toContain('DuckDB');
+      expect(titleText).not.toContain('duckdb');
+    }
+  });
+
   it('releases install action when the driver install watchdog expires', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     try {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.tsx
index 43db5adb..cdb688ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DriverManagerModal.tsx
@@ -1768,7 +1768,6 @@ const DriverManagerModal: React.FC<{ open: boolean; onClose: () => void; onBack?
           <div className="driver-manager-card-info">
             <div className="driver-manager-title-row">
               <Text strong className="driver-manager-driver-name">{row.name}</Text>
-              <Tag>{embedded ? <code>{row.type}</code> : row.type}</Tag>
               {resolveDriverStatusTag(row)}
             </div>
             <div className="driver-manager-meta-row">
@@ -1778,7 +1777,6 @@ const DriverManagerModal: React.FC<{ open: boolean; onClose: () => void; onBack?
             </div>
             {row.needsUpdate && statusMessage ? (
               <div className="driver-manager-update-note" style={managerUpdateNoteStyle}>
-                <Text strong type="warning">{t('driver.modal.card.needsUpdate')}</Text>
                 <Paragraph
                   className="driver-manager-note-text"
                   ellipsis={{ rows: 2, expandable: true, symbol: t('driver.modal.card.expandReason') }}