diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24352de46..a8cb75dc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
     "cldr-core": "37.0.0",
     "cldr-localenames-full": "37.0.0",
-    "colors": "^1.1.2",
+    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "concat-files": "^0.1.1",
     "d3": "~6.6.0",
     "editor-layer-index": "github:osmlab/editor-layer-index#gh-pages",
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@
   "browserslist": [
     "> 0.2%, last 6 major versions, Firefox ESR, IE 11, maintained node versions"
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build_css.js b/scripts/build_css.js
index cd34c357f..1dc7663a1 100644
--- a/scripts/build_css.js
+++ b/scripts/build_css.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-const colors = require('colors/safe');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const concat = require('concat-files');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ if (process.argv[1].indexOf('build_css.js') > -1) {
 function buildCSS() {
   if (_currBuild) return _currBuild;
 
-  const START = '🏗   ' + colors.yellow('Building css...');
-  const END = '👍  ' + colors.green('css built');
+  const START = '🏗   ' + chalk.yellow('Building css...');
+  const END = '👍  ' + chalk.green('css built');
 
   console.log('');
   console.log(START);
diff --git a/scripts/build_data.js b/scripts/build_data.js
index cebdb3552..7f0ffd285 100644
--- a/scripts/build_data.js
+++ b/scripts/build_data.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-const colors = require('colors/safe');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const prettyStringify = require('json-stringify-pretty-compact');
 const shell = require('shelljs');
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ if (process.argv[1].indexOf('build_data.js') > -1) {
 function buildData() {
   if (_currBuild) return _currBuild;
 
-  const START = '🏗   ' + colors.yellow('Building data...');
-  const END = '👍  ' + colors.green('data built');
+  const START = '🏗   ' + chalk.yellow('Building data...');
+  const END = '👍  ' + chalk.green('data built');
 
   console.log('');
   console.log(START);
diff --git a/scripts/server.js b/scripts/server.js
index cddc45791..170a7ffa7 100644
--- a/scripts/server.js
+++ b/scripts/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-const colors = require('colors/safe');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const gaze = require('gaze');
 const StaticServer = require('static-server');
 
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ gaze(['css/**/*.css'], (err, watcher) => {
 
 const server = new StaticServer({ rootPath: process.cwd(), port: 8080, followSymlink: true });
 server.start(() => {
-  console.log(colors.yellow(`Listening on ${server.port}`));
+  console.log(chalk.yellow(`Listening on ${server.port}`));
 });
diff --git a/scripts/update_locales.js b/scripts/update_locales.js
index 43e8d9940..4c8839de8 100644
--- a/scripts/update_locales.js
+++ b/scripts/update_locales.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 /* Downloads the latest translations from Transifex */
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const btoa = require('btoa');
 const YAML = require('js-yaml');
-const colors = require('colors/safe');
 
 const resourceIds = ['core', 'imagery', 'community'];
 const reviewedOnlyLangs = ['vi'];
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function checkForDuplicateShortcuts(code, coreStrings) {
       let shortcut = modifier + rep;
       if (usedShortcuts[shortcut] && usedShortcuts[shortcut] !== shortcutPathString) {
         let message = code + ': duplicate shortcut "' + shortcut + '" for "' + usedShortcuts[shortcut] + '" and "' + shortcutPathString + '"';
-        console.warn(colors.yellow(message));
+        console.warn(chalk.yellow(message));
       } else {
         usedShortcuts[shortcut] = shortcutPathString;
       }