From e1d23c086b118e8fa6afb95bbee6fb065cdb0b47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Colley <2445413+NickColley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:52:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Remove dependency on chalk

Breaking change: requires Node.js 22.x
---
 index.js          | 11 +++++------
 package-lock.json |  1 -
 package.json      |  1 -
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c7dba52..1ccee4a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+const { styleText } = require("node:util");
+
 const axeCore = require("axe-core");
 const merge = require("lodash.merge");
-const chalk = require("chalk");
 const { printReceived, matcherHint } = require("jest-matcher-utils");
 
 const AXE_RULES_COLOR = axeCore.getRules(["cat.color"]);
@@ -153,18 +154,16 @@ const toHaveNoViolations = {
                 lineBreak;
               return (
                 expectedText +
-                chalk.grey(node.html) +
+                styleText("grey", node.html) +
                 lineBreak +
                 `Received:` +
                 lineBreak +
                 printReceived(`${violation.help} (${violation.id})`) +
                 lineBreak +
-                chalk.yellow(node.failureSummary) +
+                styleText("yellow", node.failureSummary) +
                 lineBreak +
                 (violation.helpUrl
-                  ? `You can find more information on this issue here: \n${chalk.blue(
-                      violation.helpUrl,
-                    )}`
+                  ? `You can find more information on this issue here: \n${styleText("blue", violation.helpUrl)}`
                   : "")
               );
             })
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 407da73..7b2b9f9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axe-core": "4.12.1",
-        "chalk": "4.1.2",
         "jest-matcher-utils": "30.4.1",
         "lodash.merge": "4.6.2"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a46a6b..bc2d4fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "axe-core": "4.12.1",
-    "chalk": "4.1.2",
     "jest-matcher-utils": "30.4.1",
     "lodash.merge": "4.6.2"
   },

From 2549b9f510aa229093abfe886d4f44df081f2458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Colley <2445413+NickColley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:57:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update minimum Node.js version to 22.x

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml | 2 +-
 package-lock.json          | 2 +-
 package.json               | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 80f819a..fcf220a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20, 22, 24, 26]
+        node-version: [22, 24, 26]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7b2b9f9..1d6c05a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         "vue": "^3.5.40"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 18.0.0"
+        "node": ">= 22.13.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@asamuzakjp/css-color": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc2d4fe..5d541b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "author": "Nick Colley",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18.0.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.13.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "axe-core": "4.12.1",

From 1b48af773538e35063470fe8f5d8034d6b7ea926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Colley <2445413+NickColley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 12:00:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add CHANGELOG entry

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fb1a73..cc041aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Unreleased (breaking)
+
+Requires Node.js 22.x and above.
+
+- Remove dependency on chalk to use native Node.js styleText.
+
 # 11.0.0
 
 - Update axe-core to version 4.12.1 - see https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/releases for changes between 4.10.2 to 4.12.1