diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 1ff5d7cf0c51dd8..afe13366c069051 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -553,6 +553,46 @@ def test_special_chars_csh(self):
         self.assertTrue(env_name.encode() in lines[0])
         self.assertEndsWith(lines[1], env_name.encode())
 
+    # gh-140006: the fish prompt override must keep working when a user
+    # function shadows a builtin it relies on.
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'fish is not available on Windows')
+    def test_fish_activate_shadowed_builtins(self):
+        """
+        The fish prompt override restores the exit status through `source` and
+        prints through `printf`/`echo`/`set_color`.  A user function that
+        shadows one of those builtins (a common pattern for `.`-style directory
+        navigators) must not hijack the prompt or break status restoration.
+        """
+        fish = shutil.which('fish')
+        if fish is None:
+            self.skipTest('fish required for this test')
+        rmtree(self.env_dir)
+        builder = venv.EnvBuilder(clear=True)
+        builder.create(self.env_dir)
+        activate = os.path.join(self.env_dir, self.bindir, 'activate.fish')
+        test_script = os.path.join(self.env_dir, 'test_shadowed_builtins.fish')
+        with open(test_script, "w") as f:
+            f.write(
+                # The pre-existing prompt reports the status it receives;
+                # activation copies it to _old_fish_prompt.
+                'function fish_prompt; builtin echo "OLDSTATUS=$status"; end\n'
+                f'source {shlex.quote(activate)}\n'
+                # Shadow every builtin the override uses.  A dot-navigator that
+                # lists the directory is the reported failure.
+                'function .; builtin echo DOT_LEAK; end\n'
+                'function source; builtin echo SOURCE_LEAK; end\n'
+                'function echo; command echo ECHO_LEAK; end\n'
+                'function printf; command printf PRINTF_LEAK; end\n'
+                'function set_color; command true; end\n'
+                'function _exit7; return 7; end\n'
+                '_exit7\n'
+                'fish_prompt\n'
+            )
+        out, err = check_output([fish, '--no-config', test_script])
+        text = out.decode()
+        self.assertNotIn('LEAK', text)
+        self.assertIn('OLDSTATUS=7', text)
+
     # gh-124651: test quoted strings on Windows
     @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'nt', 'only relevant on Windows')
     def test_special_chars_windows(self):
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
index 284a7469c99b576..867aa161a8a3ffb 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ function deactivate  -d "Exit virtual environment and return to normal shell env
     if test -n "$_OLD_FISH_PROMPT_OVERRIDE"
         set -e _OLD_FISH_PROMPT_OVERRIDE
         # prevents error when using nested fish instances (Issue #93858)
-        if functions -q _old_fish_prompt
-            functions -e fish_prompt
-            functions -c _old_fish_prompt fish_prompt
-            functions -e _old_fish_prompt
+        if builtin functions -q _old_fish_prompt
+            builtin functions -e fish_prompt
+            builtin functions -c _old_fish_prompt fish_prompt
+            builtin functions -e _old_fish_prompt
         end
     end
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function deactivate  -d "Exit virtual environment and return to normal shell env
     set -e VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT
     if test "$argv[1]" != "nondestructive"
         # Self-destruct!
-        functions -e deactivate
+        builtin functions -e deactivate
     end
 end
 
@@ -49,18 +49,21 @@ if test -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT"
     # fish uses a function instead of an env var to generate the prompt.
 
     # Save the current fish_prompt function as the function _old_fish_prompt.
-    functions -c fish_prompt _old_fish_prompt
+    builtin functions -c fish_prompt _old_fish_prompt
 
     # With the original prompt function renamed, we can override with our own.
+    # Call every builtin through `builtin` so a user function that shadows
+    # `printf`, `set_color`, `echo`, or `source`/`.` cannot hijack the prompt
+    # (Issue #140006).
     function fish_prompt
         # Save the return status of the last command.
         set -l old_status $status
 
         # Output the venv prompt; color taken from the blue of the Python logo.
-        printf "%s(%s)%s " (set_color 4B8BBE) __VENV_PROMPT__ (set_color normal)
+        builtin printf "%s(%s)%s " (builtin set_color 4B8BBE) __VENV_PROMPT__ (builtin set_color normal)
 
         # Restore the return status of the previous command.
-        echo "exit $old_status" | .
+        builtin echo "exit $old_status" | builtin source -
         # Output the original/"old" prompt.
         _old_fish_prompt
     end
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-19-24-13.gh-issue-140006.TD8HKl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-19-24-13.gh-issue-140006.TD8HKl.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..6d8d66b29b19902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-19-24-13.gh-issue-140006.TD8HKl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The :mod:`venv` ``activate.fish`` script now calls fish builtins through
+``builtin`` so a user function that shadows ``.``/``source``, ``echo``,
+``printf``, ``set_color``, or ``functions`` can no longer hijack the virtual
+environment prompt or break exit-status reporting.