diff --git a/apt-hook/json-hook.cc b/apt-hook/json-hook.cc
index 45650c5961..ed04d067e8 100644
--- a/apt-hook/json-hook.cc
+++ b/apt-hook/json-hook.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,32 @@ bool version_from_origin_and_archive_ends_with(json_object *version, std::string
     return false;
 }
 
+release_info get_release_info() {
+    release_info info = {"", "", false};
+    std::ifstream machine_series_file("/etc/lsb-release");
+    if (machine_series_file.is_open()) {
+        std::string currentLine;
+        while(std::getline(machine_series_file, currentLine)) {
+            size_t position = currentLine.find("="); // Find position of equals sign as separator
+            std::string key = currentLine.substr(0, position);
+            std::string value = currentLine.substr(position + 1);
+
+            if (!value.empty() && value.front() == '"' && value.back() == '"') {
+                value = value.substr(1, value.length() - 2);
+            }
+
+            if (key=="DISTRIB_RELEASE") {
+                info.release = value;
+            } else if (key == "DISTRIB_CODENAME") {
+                info.series = value;
+            } else if (key == "DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION" && value.find("LTS") != std::string::npos) {
+                info.is_lts = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return info;
+}
+
 bool count_security_packages_from_apt_stats_json(json_object *stats, security_package_counts &result) {
     bool has_key = false;
     result.standard = 0;
@@ -193,7 +219,7 @@ bool collect_pro_packages_from_pre_prompt_json(json_object *pre_prompt, std::vec
             continue;
         }
         std::string package_mode(json_object_get_string(tmp));
-        
+
         has_key = json_object_object_get_ex(package, "name", &tmp);
         if (!has_key) {
             continue;
@@ -236,18 +262,20 @@ bool collect_pro_packages_from_pre_prompt_json(json_object *pre_prompt, std::vec
 #define MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN 256
 std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
     char buf[MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN] = {0};
+    release_info info = get_release_info();
+    std::string lts_text = info.is_lts ? "LTS " : "";
 
     if (counts.esm_apps == 0) {
         if (counts.esm_infra == 0) {
             if (counts.standard == 0) {
                 return "";
             } else if (counts.standard == 1) {
-                return std::string(gettext("1 standard LTS security update"));
+                return std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update");
             } else if (counts.standard > 1) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -256,12 +284,12 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
             if (counts.standard == 0) {
                 return std::string(gettext("1 esm-infra security update"));
             } else if (counts.standard == 1) {
-                return std::string(gettext("1 standard LTS security update and 1 esm-infra security update"));
+                return std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update and 1 esm-infra security update");
             } else if (counts.standard > 1) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates and 1 esm-infra security update"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates and 1 esm-infra security update")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -279,7 +307,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("1 standard LTS security update and %lu esm-infra security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update and %lu esm-infra security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.esm_infra
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -287,7 +315,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates and %lu esm-infra security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates and %lu esm-infra security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard,
                     counts.esm_infra
                 );
@@ -299,12 +327,12 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
             if (counts.standard == 0) {
                 return std::string(gettext("1 esm-apps security update"));
             } else if (counts.standard == 1) {
-                return std::string(gettext("1 standard LTS security update and 1 esm-apps security update"));
+                return std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update and 1 esm-apps security update");
             } else if (counts.standard > 1) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates and 1 esm-apps security update"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates and 1 esm-apps security update")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -313,12 +341,12 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
             if (counts.standard == 0) {
                 return std::string(gettext("1 esm-infra security update and 1 esm-apps security update"));
             } else if (counts.standard == 1) {
-                return std::string(gettext("1 standard LTS security update, 1 esm-infra security update and 1 esm-apps security update"));
+                return std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update, 1 esm-infra security update and 1 esm-apps security update");
             } else if (counts.standard > 1) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates, 1 esm-infra security update and 1 esm-apps security update"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates, 1 esm-infra security update and 1 esm-apps security update")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -336,7 +364,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("1 standard LTS security update, %lu esm-infra security updates and 1 esm-apps security update"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update, %lu esm-infra security updates and 1 esm-apps security update")).c_str(),
                     counts.esm_infra
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -344,7 +372,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates, %lu esm-infra security updates and 1 esm-apps security update"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates, %lu esm-infra security updates and 1 esm-apps security update")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard,
                     counts.esm_infra
                 );
@@ -365,7 +393,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("1 standard LTS security update and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.esm_apps
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -373,7 +401,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard,
                     counts.esm_apps
                 );
@@ -392,7 +420,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("1 standard LTS security update, 1 esm-infra security update and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update, 1 esm-infra security update and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.esm_apps
                 );
                 return std::string(buf);
@@ -400,7 +428,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates, 1 esm-infra security update and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates, 1 esm-infra security update and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard,
                     counts.esm_apps
                 );
@@ -420,7 +448,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("1 standard LTS security update, %lu esm-infra security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("1 standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security update, %lu esm-infra security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.esm_infra,
                     counts.esm_apps
                 );
@@ -429,7 +457,7 @@ std::string create_count_message(security_package_counts &counts) {
                 std::snprintf(
                     buf,
                     MAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_LEN,
-                    gettext("%lu standard LTS security updates, %lu esm-infra security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates"),
+                    (std::string(gettext("%lu standard ")) + lts_text + gettext("security updates, %lu esm-infra security updates and %lu esm-apps security updates")).c_str(),
                     counts.standard,
                     counts.esm_infra,
                     counts.esm_apps
@@ -564,7 +592,11 @@ void print_learn_more_with_context() {
 }
 
 void print_package_names(std::vector<std::string> package_names) {
+    release_info info = get_release_info();
     std::string curr_line = " ";
+    if (info.release != "" && info.release >= "24.10") {
+        curr_line = "  ";
+    }
     for (std::string &name : package_names) {
         if ((curr_line.length() + 1 + name.length()) >= 79) {
             std::cout << curr_line << std::endl;
@@ -690,9 +722,15 @@ int run()
         security_package_counts counts;
         success = count_security_packages_from_apt_stats_json(hook_req.params, counts);
         if (success) {
+            release_info info = get_release_info();
             std::string message = create_count_message(counts);
             if (message != "") {
-                std::cout << message << std::endl;
+                if (info.release != "" && info.release >= "24.10") {
+                    std::cout << "  " << message << std::endl;
+                }
+                else {
+                    std::cout << message << std::endl;
+                }
             }
         }
     } else if (hook_req.method == "org.debian.apt.hooks.install.pre-prompt") {
diff --git a/apt-hook/json-hook.hh b/apt-hook/json-hook.hh
index b6ed5048b5..fc1ca16b43 100644
--- a/apt-hook/json-hook.hh
+++ b/apt-hook/json-hook.hh
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ struct security_package_counts {
     long unsigned int esm_infra;
     long unsigned int esm_apps;
 };
+struct release_info {
+    std::string release; // e.g. "24.04"
+    std::string series;  // e.g. "noble"
+    bool is_lts;         // true for LTS releases
+};
 
 enum ESMType {APPS, INFRA};
 
 bool read_jsonrpc_request(std::istream &in, jsonrpc_request &req);
+release_info get_release_info();
 bool string_ends_with(std::string str, std::string ends_with);
 bool version_from_origin_and_archive_ends_with(json_object *version, std::string from_origin, std::string archive_ends_with);
 bool count_security_packages_from_apt_stats_json(json_object *stats, security_package_counts &result);
diff --git a/features/apt_messages.feature b/features/apt_messages.feature
index cb18f96eaa..480329d03a 100644
--- a/features/apt_messages.feature
+++ b/features/apt_messages.feature
@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@ Feature: APT Messages
       Reading state information...
       Calculating upgrade...
 
-      one
+      APT news:
+        one
 
       Summary:
         Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
diff --git a/uaclient/apt_news.py b/uaclient/apt_news.py
index 68ea36e279..3e6340273f 100644
--- a/uaclient/apt_news.py
+++ b/uaclient/apt_news.py
@@ -263,11 +263,14 @@ def local_apt_news(cfg: UAConfig) -> Optional[str]:
 
 
 def format_news_for_apt_update(news: str) -> str:
-    prefix = "" if system.get_release_info().series == "oracular" else "#"
-    lines = [
-        (prefix + " " + line) if prefix else line for line in news.split("\n")
-    ]
-    return "{0}\n{1}\n{0}\n".format(prefix, "\n".join(lines))
+    if system.get_release_info().series == "oracular":
+        prefix = "\nAPT news:"
+        lines = ["  " + line for line in news.split("\n")]
+        return "{0}\n{1}\n\n".format(prefix, "\n".join(lines))
+    else:
+        prefix = "#"
+        lines = [prefix + " " + line for line in news.split("\n")]
+        return "{0}\n{1}\n{0}\n".format(prefix, "\n".join(lines))
 
 
 def update_apt_news(cfg: UAConfig):