diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9cc97fceadc..8f14cb7fbf2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7811,7 +7811,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.50",
  "clap-markdown",
- "colored",
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "dialoguer",
  "dirs",
@@ -7832,6 +7831,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mimalloc",
  "names",
  "notify",
+ "owo-colors 4.2.3",
  "path-clean",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pretty_assertions",
@@ -8791,12 +8791,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
  "clap 4.5.50",
- "colored",
  "dialoguer",
  "flate2",
  "http-body-util",
  "indicatif",
  "log",
+ "owo-colors 4.2.3",
  "reqwest 0.12.24",
  "self-replace",
  "semver",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 120ec24c2cf..e6666d3fa04 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cargo_metadata = "0.17.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.24", default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "4.2.4", features = ["derive", "wrap_help"] }
 clap-markdown = "0.1.4"
-colored = "2.0.0"
+owo-colors = "4.2.3"
 console = { version = "0.15.6" }
 convert_case = "0.6.0"
 crc32c = "0.6.4"
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index b2b8d7e1d89..5bde0a1870e 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ bytes.workspace = true
 cargo_metadata.workspace = true
 chrono.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env", "string"] }
-colored.workspace = true
+owo-colors.workspace = true
 convert_case.workspace = true
 dirs.workspace = true
 duct.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/dev.rs b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/dev.rs
index 8badb72773a..138a1f69510 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/dev.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/dev.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ use crate::{publish, tasks};
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::parser::ValueSource;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command};
-use colored::Colorize;
 use dialoguer::{theme::ColorfulTheme, Confirm, FuzzySelect, Input};
 use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt};
 use futures::{AsyncBufReadExt, TryStreamExt};
 use ignore::gitignore::{Gitignore, GitignoreBuilder};
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use notify::{Event, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/init.rs b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/init.rs
index 31d927720f1..b5ade825cac 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/init.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/init.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use crate::Config;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches};
-use colored::Colorize;
 use convert_case::{Case, Casing};
 use dialoguer::{theme::ColorfulTheme, Confirm, FuzzySelect, Input, Select};
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/repl.rs b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/repl.rs
index ed029a7f405..734afccb419 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/subcommands/repl.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/subcommands/repl.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::api::{ClientApi, Connection};
 use crate::sql::run_sql;
-use colored::*;
 use dirs::home_dir;
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use std::env::temp_dir;
 
 use rustyline::completion::Completer;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub async fn exec(con: Connection) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let api = ClientApi::new(con);
 
     loop {
-        let readline = rl.readline(&format!("🪐{}>", &database).green());
+        let readline = rl.readline(&format!("🪐{}>", &database).green().to_string());
         match readline {
             Ok(line) => match line.as_str() {
                 ".exit" => break,
diff --git a/crates/update/Cargo.toml b/crates/update/Cargo.toml
index db8fac5ec37..96b1e1f7f7a 100644
--- a/crates/update/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/update/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ clap.workspace = true
 dialoguer = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 flate2.workspace = true
 http-body-util = "0.1.2"
-colored.workspace = true
+owo-colors.workspace = true
 indicatif.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/update/src/update_notice.rs b/crates/update/src/update_notice.rs
index 3148061a64e..07d5f170ae0 100644
--- a/crates/update/src/update_notice.rs
+++ b/crates/update/src/update_notice.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
-use colored::Colorize;
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 
 use crate::cli::install::fetch_latest_release_version;