diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-kings-obey.md b/.changeset/spicy-kings-obey.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d16e0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-kings-obey.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'better-ajv-errors': major
+---
+
+Remove Chalk from the project, swapping to styleText from node.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46e839ea..a2590f10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "module": "./lib/esm/index.mjs",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18.20.6"
+    "node": ">= 20.12.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "json-schema",
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/code-frame": "^7.27.1",
     "@humanwhocodes/momoa": "^2.0.4",
-    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "jsonpointer": "^5.0.1",
     "leven": "^3.1.0 < 4"
   },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 01175138..97db7cf4 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ importers:
       '@humanwhocodes/momoa':
         specifier: ^2.0.4
         version: 2.0.4
-      chalk:
-        specifier: ^4.1.2
-        version: 4.1.2
       jsonpointer:
         specifier: ^5.0.1
         version: 5.0.1
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index f02d06f2..dca675ff 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "rangeStrategy": "replace",
   "packageRules": [
     {
-      "matchPackagePatterns": ["chalk", "leven"],
+      "matchPackagePatterns": ["leven"],
       "enabled": false
     }
   ]
diff --git a/src/validation-errors/additional-prop.js b/src/validation-errors/additional-prop.js
index ba590720..f3a7d54d 100644
--- a/src/validation-errors/additional-prop.js
+++ b/src/validation-errors/additional-prop.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
+
 import BaseValidationError from './base';
 
 export default class AdditionalPropValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
@@ -9,11 +10,23 @@ export default class AdditionalPropValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
 
   print() {
     const { message, params } = this.options;
-    const output = [chalk`{red {bold ADDITIONAL PROPERTY} ${message}}\n`];
+
+		const boldAdditionalPropertiesLabel = styleText(
+			'bold',
+			'ADDTIONAL PROPERTY',
+		);
+		const magentaAdditionalProperty = styleText(
+			['magentaBright'],
+			params.additionalProperty,
+		);
+
+    const output = [
+			styleText('red', `${boldAdditionalPropertiesLabel} ${message}\n`),
+		];
 
     return output.concat(
       this.getCodeFrame(
-        chalk`😲  {magentaBright ${params.additionalProperty}} is not expected to be here!`,
+        `😲  ${magentaAdditionalProperty} is not expected to be here!`,
         `${this.instancePath}/${params.additionalProperty}`
       )
     );
diff --git a/src/validation-errors/default.js b/src/validation-errors/default.js
index a00df894..15c3a7a2 100644
--- a/src/validation-errors/default.js
+++ b/src/validation-errors/default.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
+
 import BaseValidationError from './base';
 
 export default class DefaultValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
   print() {
     const { keyword, message } = this.options;
-    const output = [chalk`{red {bold ${keyword.toUpperCase()}} ${message}}\n`];
+		const boldUpperKeyword = styleText('bold', keyword.toUpperCase());
+		const magentaBrightKeyword = styleText('magentaBright', keyword);
 
-    return output.concat(
-      this.getCodeFrame(chalk`👈🏽  {magentaBright ${keyword}} ${message}`)
-    );
+    return [
+			styleText('red', `${boldUpperKeyword} ${message}\n`),
+      this.getCodeFrame(`👈🏽  ${magentaBrightKeyword} ${message}`)
+		];
   }
 
   getError() {
diff --git a/src/validation-errors/enum.js b/src/validation-errors/enum.js
index 8e6a33a5..f5dfc866 100644
--- a/src/validation-errors/enum.js
+++ b/src/validation-errors/enum.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import leven from 'leven';
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
 import pointer from 'jsonpointer';
 import BaseValidationError from './base';
 
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ export default class EnumValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
       params: { allowedValues },
     } = this.options;
     const bestMatch = this.findBestMatch();
+		const codeFrameMessage = bestMatch !== null
+			? `👈🏽  Did you mean ${styleText('magentaBright', bestMatch)} here?`
+			: '👈🏽  Unexpected value, should be equal to one of the allowed values';
 
 		// Needed to handle nullable enums, as joining on null just prints ", "
 		const [firstValue, ...rest] = allowedValues;
@@ -18,24 +21,23 @@ export default class EnumValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
 			firstValue || '',
 		);
 
-    const output = [
-      chalk`{red {bold ENUM} ${message}}`,
-      chalk`{red (${allowedValuesMessage})}\n`,
-    ];
+		const boldEnumLabel = styleText('bold', 'ENUM');
 
-    return output.concat(
-      this.getCodeFrame(
-        bestMatch !== null
-          ? chalk`👈🏽  Did you mean {magentaBright ${bestMatch}} here?`
-          : chalk`👈🏽  Unexpected value, should be equal to one of the allowed values`
-      )
-    );
+    return [
+      styleText('red', `${boldEnumLabel} ${message}`),
+      styleText('red', `(${allowedValuesMessage})\n`),
+			this.getCodeFrame(codeFrameMessage),
+		]
   }
 
   getError() {
     const { message, params } = this.options;
     const bestMatch = this.findBestMatch();
-    const allowedValues = params.allowedValues.join(', ');
+		const [firstValue, ...rest] = params.allowedValues;
+    const allowedValues = rest.reduce(
+			(acc, value) => `${acc}, ${value}`,
+			firstValue || '',
+		);
 
     const output = {
       ...this.getLocation(),
diff --git a/src/validation-errors/required.js b/src/validation-errors/required.js
index 9a438fc0..c055e78f 100644
--- a/src/validation-errors/required.js
+++ b/src/validation-errors/required.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
 import BaseValidationError from './base';
 
 export default class RequiredValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
@@ -9,13 +9,19 @@ export default class RequiredValidationError extends BaseValidationError {
 
   print() {
     const { message, params } = this.options;
-    const output = [chalk`{red {bold REQUIRED} ${message}}\n`];
 
-    return output.concat(
-      this.getCodeFrame(
-        chalk`☹️  {magentaBright ${params.missingProperty}} is missing here!`
-      )
-    );
+		const boldRequiredLabel = styleText('bold', 'REQUIRED');
+		const magentaMissingProperty = styleText(
+			'magentaBright',
+			params.missingProperty,
+		);
+
+    return [
+			styleText('red', `${boldRequiredLabel} ${message}\n`),
+			this.getCodeFrame(
+				`☹️  ${magentaMissingProperty} is missing here!`,
+			),
+		];
   }
 
   getError() {