diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b8e7475..a77eea4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const stringUtil = require('ember-cli-string-utils');
-const chalk = require('chalk');
+const { styleText } = require('node:util');
 const directoryForPackageName = require('./lib/directory-for-package-name');
 const { sortPackageJson } = require('sort-package-json');
 const { join } = require('path');
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ module.exports = {
     this.ui.writeLine(
       prependEmoji(
         '✨',
-        `Creating a new Ember app in ${chalk.yellow(process.cwd())}:`,
+        `Creating a new Ember app in ${styleText('yellow', process.cwd())}:`,
       ),
     );
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8be403f..049fd02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "publishTag": "alpha"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "ejs": "^3.1.10",
     "ember-cli-string-utils": "^1.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 3885f45..b4a90e0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ importers:
 
   .:
     dependencies:
-      chalk:
-        specifier: ^4.1.2
-        version: 4.1.2
       ejs:
         specifier: ^3.1.10
         version: 3.1.10
@@ -1182,8 +1179,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-oKnbhFyRIXpUuez8iBMmyEa4nbj4IOQyuhc/wy9kY7/WVPcwIO9VA668Pu8RkO7+0G76SLROeyw9CpQ061i4mA==}
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
 
-  chalk@5.4.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zgVZuo2WcZgfUEmsn6eO3kINexW8RAE4maiQ8QNs8CtpPCSyMiYsULR3HQYkm3w8FIA3SberyMJMSldGsW+U3w==}
+  chalk@5.6.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-7NzBL0rN6fMUW+f7A6Io4h40qQlG+xGmtMxfbnH/K7TAtt8JQWVQK+6g0UXKMeVJoyV5EkkNsErQ8pVD3bLHbA==}
     engines: {node: ^12.17.0 || ^14.13 || >=16.0.0}
 
   chardet@0.7.0:
@@ -5521,7 +5518,7 @@ snapshots:
       ansi-styles: 4.3.0
       supports-color: 7.2.0
 
-  chalk@5.4.1: {}
+  chalk@5.6.2: {}
 
   chardet@0.7.0: {}
 
@@ -7852,7 +7849,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@npmcli/package-json': 6.1.1
       '@octokit/rest': 21.1.1
       assert-never: 1.4.0
-      chalk: 5.4.1
+      chalk: 5.6.2
       cli-highlight: 2.1.11
       execa: 9.5.2
       fs-extra: 11.3.0