diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e773d841c..0192497e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "beartype",
+    "beartype>=0.12.0",
     "click",
     "license_expression",
     "ply",
diff --git a/src/spdx_tools/common/typing/dataclass_with_properties.py b/src/spdx_tools/common/typing/dataclass_with_properties.py
index e0b5c9614..1e929894c 100644
--- a/src/spdx_tools/common/typing/dataclass_with_properties.py
+++ b/src/spdx_tools/common/typing/dataclass_with_properties.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
-from beartype import beartype
+from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 from beartype.roar import BeartypeCallHintParamViolation
 
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def dataclass_with_properties(cls):
 def make_setter(field_name, field_type):
     """helper method to avoid late binding when generating functions in a for loop"""
 
-    @beartype
+    @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_color=False))
     def set_field(self, value: field_type):
         setattr(self, f"_{field_name}", value)
 
diff --git a/tests/spdx/model/test_type_error_formatting.py b/tests/spdx/model/test_type_error_formatting.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8b565412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spdx/model/test_type_error_formatting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 spdx contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from spdx_tools.common.typing.constructor_type_errors import ConstructorTypeErrors
+from spdx_tools.spdx.model import Package, SpdxNoAssertion
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("is_terminal", [True, False])
+def test_constructor_errors_are_plain_text(monkeypatch, is_terminal):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys.stdout, "isatty", lambda: is_terminal)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConstructorTypeErrors) as error:
+        Package("SPDXRef-Package", "example", SpdxNoAssertion(), attribution_texts="invalid")
+
+    messages = error.value.get_messages()
+    assert len(messages) == 1
+    assert "attribution_texts" in messages[0]
+    assert "invalid" in messages[0]
+    assert "\x1b" not in messages[0]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("is_terminal", [True, False])
+def test_setter_errors_are_plain_text(monkeypatch, is_terminal):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys.stdout, "isatty", lambda: is_terminal)
+    package = Package("SPDXRef-Package", "example", SpdxNoAssertion())
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError) as error:
+        package.attribution_texts = "invalid"
+
+    assert "attribution_texts" in str(error.value)
+    assert "invalid" in str(error.value)
+    assert "\x1b" not in str(error.value)