diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32cc031..6d42e09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "author": "Salesforce",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/oclif/test/issues",
   "dependencies": {
-    "debug": "^4.3.4",
-    "strip-ansi": "^7.1.0"
+    "ansis": "^3.2.0",
+    "debug": "^4.3.4"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@oclif/core": ">= 3.0.0"
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d0ff4e4..9f33fb0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {Config, Errors, Interfaces, run} from '@oclif/core'
+import ansis from 'ansis'
 import makeDebug from 'debug'
 import {dirname} from 'node:path'
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ function makeLoadOptions(loadOpts?: Interfaces.LoadOptions): Interfaces.LoadOpti
  */
 export async function captureOutput<T>(fn: () => Promise<unknown>, opts?: CaptureOptions): Promise<CaptureResult<T>> {
   const print = opts?.print ?? false
+  const stripAnsi = opts?.stripAnsi ?? true
 
   const originals = {
     NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
@@ -71,8 +73,7 @@ export async function captureOutput<T>(fn: () => Promise<unknown>, opts?: Captur
     stdout: [],
   }
 
-  const {default: stripAnsi} = opts?.stripAnsi ?? true ? await import('strip-ansi') : {default: (str: string) => str}
-  const toString = (str: Uint8Array | string): string => stripAnsi(str.toString())
+  const toString = (str: Uint8Array | string): string => (stripAnsi ? ansis.strip(str.toString()) : str.toString())
   const getStderr = (): string => output.stderr.map((b) => toString(b)).join('')
   const getStdout = (): string => output.stdout.map((b) => toString(b)).join('')
 
diff --git a/test/capture-output.test.ts b/test/capture-output.test.ts
index 9e70501..504c8dd 100644
--- a/test/capture-output.test.ts
+++ b/test/capture-output.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import {Command, Errors, Flags} from '@oclif/core'
+import {bold} from 'ansis'
 import {expect} from 'chai'
 
 import {captureOutput} from '../src'
 
-const bold = (s: string) => `\u001B[1m${s}\u001B[22m`
-
 class MyCommand extends Command {
   static flags = {
     channel: Flags.option({
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1f9a3d0..a402f25 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ ansi-styles@^6.0.0, ansi-styles@^6.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-6.2.1.tgz#0e62320cf99c21afff3b3012192546aacbfb05c5"
   integrity sha512-bN798gFfQX+viw3R7yrGWRqnrN2oRkEkUjjl4JNn4E8GxxbjtG3FbrEIIY3l8/hrwUwIeCZvi4QuOTP4MErVug==
 
-ansis@^3.0.1:
+ansis@^3.0.1, ansis@^3.2.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansis/-/ansis-3.2.0.tgz#0e050c5be94784f32ffdac4b84fccba064aeae4b"
   integrity sha512-Yk3BkHH9U7oPyCN3gL5Tc7CpahG/+UFv/6UG03C311Vy9lzRmA5uoxDTpU9CO3rGHL6KzJz/pdDeXZCZ5Mu/Sg==