diff --git a/commands/index.js b/commands/index.js
index 20ac85c..08e81e8 100644
--- a/commands/index.js
+++ b/commands/index.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');
 
-const chalk = require('chalk');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const path = require('path');
+const { styleText } = require('node:util');
 const strip = require('../utils').strip;
 const getConfigPath = require('../utils').getConfigPath;
 
@@ -15,9 +15,16 @@ const FEATURES = require('../features');
 const USAGE_MESSAGE = strip`
   Usage:
 
-    To list all available features, run ${chalk.bold('ember feature:list')}.
-    To enable a feature, run ${chalk.bold('ember feature:enable some-feature')}.
-    To disable a feature, run ${chalk.bold(
+    To list all available features, run ${styleText(
+      'bold',
+      'ember feature:list'
+    )}.
+    To enable a feature, run ${styleText(
+      'bold',
+      'ember feature:enable some-feature'
+    )}.
+    To disable a feature, run ${styleText(
+      'bold',
       'ember feature:disable some-feature'
     )}.
 `;
@@ -53,7 +60,10 @@ const SHARED = {
 
     if (feature === undefined) {
       console.log(
-        chalk.red(`Error: ${chalk.bold(name)} is not a valid feature.\n`)
+        styleText(
+          'red',
+          `Error: ${styleText('bold', name)} is not a valid feature.\n`
+        )
       );
       return LIST_FEATURES.run.apply(this);
     }
@@ -64,8 +74,9 @@ const SHARED = {
     );
     if (!this._isFeatureAvailable(feature)) {
       console.log(
-        chalk.red(
-          `Error: ${chalk.bold(name)} is only available in Ember ${
+        styleText(
+          'red',
+          `Error: ${styleText('bold', name)} is only available in Ember ${
             feature.since
           } or above.`
         )
@@ -94,8 +105,10 @@ const SHARED = {
     let state = value ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled';
 
     console.log(
-      chalk.green(
-        `${state} ${chalk.bold(name)}. Be sure to commit ${chalk.underline(
+      styleText(
+        'green',
+        `${state} ${styleText('bold', name)}. Be sure to commit ${styleText(
+          'underline',
           'config/optional-features.json'
         )} to source control!`
       )
@@ -135,10 +148,14 @@ const LIST_FEATURES = Object.assign(
         if (this._isFeatureAvailable(feature)) {
           console.log(strip`
           ${INDENT_START}
-            ${chalk.bold(key)} ${chalk.cyan(`(Default: ${feature.default})`)}
+            ${styleText('bold', key)} ${styleText(
+            'cyan',
+            `(Default: ${feature.default})`
+          )}
               ${feature.description}
-              ${chalk.gray(
-                `More information: ${chalk.underline(feature.url)}`
+              ${styleText(
+                'gray',
+                `More information: ${styleText('underline', feature.url)}`
               )}`);
 
           hasFeatures = true;
@@ -149,10 +166,13 @@ const LIST_FEATURES = Object.assign(
         console.log();
       } else {
         console.log(
-          chalk.gray(strip`
+          styleText(
+            'gray',
+            strip`
         ${INDENT_START}
           No optional features available for your current Ember version.
-      `)
+      `
+          )
         );
       }
     },
diff --git a/features/application-template-wrapper.js b/features/application-template-wrapper.js
index 96ad3ed..db67cfc 100644
--- a/features/application-template-wrapper.js
+++ b/features/application-template-wrapper.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 'use strict';
 
-const chalk = require('chalk');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const p = require('util').promisify;
 const path = require('path');
+const { styleText } = require('node:util');
 const strip = require('../utils').strip;
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ module.exports = {
     if (isPod) {
       // TODO
       console.log(
-        chalk.yellow(
-          `${chalk.bold(
+        styleText(
+          'yellow',
+          `${styleText(
+            'bold',
             'Note:'
           )} There is an automated refactor script available for this feature, but it does not currently support "pod" apps. PRs welcome!\n`
         )
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     if (shouldRunCodemod === undefined) {
       console.log(strip`
-        Disabling ${chalk.bold('application-template-wrapper')}...
+        Disabling ${styleText('bold', 'application-template-wrapper')}...
 
         This will remove the \`<div class="ember-view">\` wrapper for the top-level application template (\`${templatePath}\`).
 
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
           - Depending on your choice of \`rootElement\`, your app might not be wrapped inside a block-level element anymore.
 
-        For more information, see ${chalk.underline(
+        For more information, see ${styleText(
+          'underline',
           'https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/280'
         )}.
 
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ module.exports = {
         content.push('');
       }
 
-      console.log(`  ${chalk.yellow('overwrite')} ${templatePath}`);
+      console.log(`  ${styleText('yellow', 'overwrite')} ${templatePath}`);
 
       await p(fs.writeFile)(templatePath, content.join('\n'), {
         encoding: 'UTF-8',
diff --git a/features/template-only-glimmer-components.js b/features/template-only-glimmer-components.js
index 7fb4c6f..ea50cbd 100644
--- a/features/template-only-glimmer-components.js
+++ b/features/template-only-glimmer-components.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 'use strict';
 
-const chalk = require('chalk');
+const { styleText } = require('node:util');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const globSync = require('glob').globSync;
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ module.exports = {
     if (podModulePrefix) {
       if (!modulePrefix || !podModulePrefix.startsWith(`${modulePrefix}/`)) {
         console.log(
-          chalk.yellow(
-            `${chalk.bold(
+          styleText(
+            'yellow',
+            `${styleText(
+              'bold',
               'Note:'
             )} There is an automated refactor script available for this feature, but your \`podModulePrefix\` could not be processed correctly.\n`
           )
@@ -50,8 +52,10 @@ module.exports = {
       podsFolder = podModulePrefix.slice(modulePrefix.length + 1);
       if (!podsFolder) {
         console.log(
-          chalk.yellow(
-            `${chalk.bold(
+          styleText(
+            'yellow',
+            `${styleText(
+              'bold',
               'Note:'
             )} There is an automated refactor script available for this feature, but your \`podModulePrefix\` could not be processed correctly.\n`
           )
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     if (shouldRunCodemod === undefined) {
       console.log(strip`
-        Enabling ${chalk.bold('template-only-glimmer-components')}...
+        Enabling ${styleText('bold', 'template-only-glimmer-components')}...
 
         This will change the semantics for template-only components (components without a \`.js\` file).
 
@@ -156,13 +160,16 @@ module.exports = {
 
           - Passing classes in the invocation (i.e. \`{{my-component class="..."}}\`) will not work, since there is no wrapper element to apply the classes to.
 
-        For more information, see ${chalk.underline(
+        For more information, see ${styleText(
+          'underline',
           'https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/278'
         )}.
 
-        While these changes may be desirable for ${chalk.italic(
+        While these changes may be desirable for ${styleText(
+          'italic',
           'new components'
-        )}, they may unexpectedly break the styling or runtime behavior of your ${chalk.italic(
+        )}, they may unexpectedly break the styling or runtime behavior of your ${styleText(
+        'italic',
         'existing components'
       )}.
 
@@ -173,9 +180,13 @@ module.exports = {
       for (let i = 0; i < templates.length; i++) {
         console.log(strip`
         ${INDENT_START}
-          - ${chalk.underline(templates[i])}
-            ${chalk.gray(
-              `(Recommendation: add ${chalk.cyan.underline(components[i])})`
+          - ${styleText('underline', templates[i])}
+            ${styleText(
+              'gray',
+              `(Recommendation: add ${styleText(
+                'cyan',
+                styleText('underline', components[i])
+              )})`
             )}
         `);
       }
@@ -195,7 +206,7 @@ module.exports = {
     if (shouldRunCodemod) {
       for (let i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
         let componentPath = components[i];
-        console.log(`  ${chalk.green('create')} ${componentPath}`);
+        console.log(`  ${styleText('green', 'create')} ${componentPath}`);
         let absolutePath = path.join(project.root, componentPath);
         await mkdirp(path.dirname(absolutePath));
         await p(fs.writeFile)(absolutePath, ComponentFile, {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 975058f..de30671 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "test": "qunit tests/**/*-test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "ember-cli-version-checker": "^5.1.2",
     "glob": "^13.0.1",
     "inquirer": "^13.2.2",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7de816e..0d8f290 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ importers:
 
   .:
     dependencies:
-      chalk:
-        specifier: ^4.1.2
-        version: 4.1.2
       ember-cli-version-checker:
         specifier: ^5.1.2
         version: 5.1.2
diff --git a/tests/commands-test.js b/tests/commands-test.js
index 25c17a2..e0a61ab 100644
--- a/tests/commands-test.js
+++ b/tests/commands-test.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const execa = require('execa');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const p = require('path').join;
 const strip = require('../utils').strip;
+const { stripVTControlCharacters: stripAnsi } = require('node:util');
 
 const FEATURES = require('../features');
 
@@ -99,15 +100,17 @@ QUnit.module('commands', (hooks) => {
         let feature = FEATURES[key];
 
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf(`${key} (Default: ${feature.default}`) >= 0,
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf(
+            `${key} (Default: ${feature.default}`
+          ) >= 0,
           `it should include ${key} and its default value`
         );
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf(feature.description) >= 0,
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf(feature.description) >= 0,
           `it should include the description for ${key}`
         );
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf(feature.url) >= 0,
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf(feature.url) >= 0,
           `it should include the URL for ${key}`
         );
       });
@@ -190,7 +193,8 @@ QUnit.module('commands', (hooks) => {
           'it should print an error'
         );
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf('foo-bar is not a valid feature') >= 0,
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf('foo-bar is not a valid feature') >=
+            0,
           'it should print an error'
         );
       });
@@ -216,11 +220,11 @@ QUnit.module('commands', (hooks) => {
         );
 
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf('Error:') >= 0,
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf('Error:') >= 0,
           'it should print an error'
         );
         assert.ok(
-          result.stdout.indexOf(
+          stripAnsi(result.stdout).indexOf(
             'application-template-wrapper is only available in Ember 3.1.0 or above'
           ) >= 0,
           'it should print an error'