diff --git a/.changeset/crisp-dots-like.md b/.changeset/crisp-dots-like.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63ed10a29e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/crisp-dots-like.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@react-docgen/cli': patch
+---
+
+Remove chalk dependency and replace with builtin Node.js `styleText`
diff --git a/packages/react-docgen-cli/package.json b/packages/react-docgen-cli/package.json
index 7c8f07fae8d..8be16546f70 100644
--- a/packages/react-docgen-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-docgen-cli/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "5.6.2",
     "commander": "15.0.0",
     "debug": "4.4.3",
     "fast-glob": "3.3.3",
diff --git a/packages/react-docgen-cli/src/commands/parse/output/outputError.ts b/packages/react-docgen-cli/src/commands/parse/output/outputError.ts
index 708ec76a78f..0989cbde96a 100644
--- a/packages/react-docgen-cli/src/commands/parse/output/outputError.ts
+++ b/packages/react-docgen-cli/src/commands/parse/output/outputError.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { relative } from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { relative } from 'node:path';
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
 
 function isReactDocgenError(error: NodeJS.ErrnoException): boolean {
   return Boolean(
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function outputReactDocgenError(
   { failOnWarning }: { failOnWarning: boolean },
 ): boolean {
   let label = 'WARNING';
-  let color = chalk.yellow;
+  let format: 'red' | 'yellow' = 'yellow';
   let log = console.warn;
   let isError = false;
 
@@ -21,15 +21,21 @@ function outputReactDocgenError(
     process.exitCode = 2;
     isError = true;
     label = 'ERROR';
-    color = chalk.red;
+    format = 'red';
     log = console.error;
   }
 
+  const relativePath = styleText(
+    'underline',
+    relative(process.cwd(), filePath),
+    { stream: process.stderr },
+  );
+
   log(
-    color(
-      `▶ ${label}: ${error.message} 👀\n  in ${chalk.underline(
-        relative(process.cwd(), filePath),
-      )}\n`,
+    styleText(
+      format,
+      `▶ ${label}: ${error.message} 👀\n  in ${relativePath}\n`,
+      { stream: process.stderr },
     ),
   );
 
@@ -43,10 +49,10 @@ export default function outputError(
 ): boolean {
   if (isReactDocgenError(error)) {
     return outputReactDocgenError(error, filePath, options);
-  } else {
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-    console.error(error);
-
-    return true;
   }
+
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+  console.error(error);
+
+  return true;
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 79911d387a0..7397869b6f5 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ importers:
 
   packages/react-docgen-cli:
     dependencies:
-      chalk:
-        specifier: 5.6.2
-        version: 5.6.2
       commander:
         specifier: 15.0.0
         version: 15.0.0