diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3434260d0ff4..d82606d6fb5a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "babel-jest": "workspace:*",
     "babel-loader": "^9.0.0",
     "camelcase": "^6.2.0",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "dedent": "^1.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.8.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@
     "netlify-plugin-cache": "^1.0.3",
     "node-notifier": "^10.0.0",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pkg-dir": "^5.0.0",
     "prettier": "^3.0.3",
     "promise": "^8.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/babel-jest/package.json b/packages/babel-jest/package.json
index 4cb0811461bc..9e1c02439a3e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-jest/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-jest/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.1.14",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-preset-jest": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "slash": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/babel-jest/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-jest/src/index.ts
index b67b93de8781..5ef43fb6ffbc 100644
--- a/packages/babel-jest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-jest/src/index.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import {
   transformSync as babelTransform,
   transformAsync as babelTransformAsync,
 } from '@babel/core';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import slash = require('slash');
 import type {
   TransformOptions as JestTransformOptions,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ function assertLoadedBabelConfig(
 ): asserts babelConfig {
   if (!babelConfig) {
     throw new Error(
-      `babel-jest: Babel ignores ${chalk.bold(
+      `babel-jest: Babel ignores ${pico.bold(
         slash(path.relative(cwd, filename)),
-      )} - make sure to include the file in Jest's ${chalk.bold(
+      )} - make sure to include the file in Jest's ${pico.bold(
         'transformIgnorePatterns',
       )} as well.`,
     );
diff --git a/packages/create-jest/package.json b/packages/create-jest/package.json
index 42342b7b892c..1a87cba80ce8 100644
--- a/packages/create-jest/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-jest/package.json
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
     "jest-config": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "prompts": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/create-jest/src/runCreate.ts b/packages/create-jest/src/runCreate.ts
index fcaa3d46a3f1..0a3875445ed6 100644
--- a/packages/create-jest/src/runCreate.ts
+++ b/packages/create-jest/src/runCreate.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import picocolors = require('picocolors');
 import prompts = require('prompts');
 import {constants} from 'jest-config';
 import {clearLine, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export async function runCLI(): Promise<void> {
     clearLine(process.stderr);
     clearLine(process.stdout);
     if (error instanceof Error && Boolean(error?.stack)) {
-      console.error(chalk.red(error.stack));
+      console.error(picocolors.red(error.stack));
     } else {
-      console.error(chalk.red(error));
+      console.error(picocolors.red(String(error)));
     }
 
     exit(1);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export async function runCreate(rootDir = process.cwd()): Promise<void> {
   // Start the init process
   console.log();
   console.log(
-    chalk.underline(
+    picocolors.underline(
       'The following questions will help Jest to create a suitable configuration for your project\n',
     ),
   );
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export async function runCreate(rootDir = process.cwd()): Promise<void> {
     fs.writeFileSync(projectPackageJsonPath, modifiedPackageJson);
 
     console.log('');
-    console.log(`✏️  Modified ${chalk.cyan(projectPackageJsonPath)}`);
+    console.log(`✏️  Modified ${picocolors.cyan(projectPackageJsonPath)}`);
   }
 
   const generatedConfig = generateConfigFile(
@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@ export async function runCreate(rootDir = process.cwd()): Promise<void> {
 
   console.log('');
   console.log(
-    `📝  Configuration file created at ${chalk.cyan(jestConfigPath)}`,
+    `📝  Configuration file created at ${picocolors.cyan(jestConfigPath)}`,
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/package.json b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
index a4a5ea4c3e0b..5efee1040749 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "jest-snapshot": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*",
     "pure-rand": "^6.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/formatNodeAssertErrors.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/formatNodeAssertErrors.ts
index 3d617aa78475..f160d9e29c00 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/formatNodeAssertErrors.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/formatNodeAssertErrors.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import {AssertionError} from 'assert';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Circus} from '@jest/types';
 import {
   type DiffOptions,
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ const operatorMessage = (operator: string | undefined) => {
 
 const assertThrowingMatcherHint = (operatorName: string) =>
   operatorName
-    ? chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
-      chalk.red('function') +
-      chalk.dim(')')
+    ? pico.dim('assert') +
+      pico.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
+      pico.red('function') +
+      pico.dim(')')
     : '';
 
 const assertMatcherHint = (
@@ -108,18 +108,15 @@ const assertMatcherHint = (
 
   if (operator === '==' && expected === true) {
     message =
-      chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim('(') +
-      chalk.red('received') +
-      chalk.dim(')');
+      pico.dim('assert') + pico.dim('(') + pico.red('received') + pico.dim(')');
   } else if (operatorName) {
     message =
-      chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
-      chalk.red('received') +
-      chalk.dim(', ') +
-      chalk.green('expected') +
-      chalk.dim(')');
+      pico.dim('assert') +
+      pico.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
+      pico.red('received') +
+      pico.dim(', ') +
+      pico.green('expected') +
+      pico.dim(')');
   }
 
   return message;
@@ -141,10 +138,10 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
     return (
       // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-template
       buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-      chalk.reset('Expected the function not to throw an error.\n') +
-      chalk.reset('Instead, it threw:\n') +
+      pico.reset('Expected the function not to throw an error.\n') +
+      pico.reset('Instead, it threw:\n') +
       `  ${printReceived(actual)}` +
-      chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+      pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
       trimmedStack
     );
   }
@@ -153,16 +150,16 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
     if (error.generatedMessage) {
       return (
         buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-        chalk.reset(error.message) +
-        chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+        pico.reset(error.message) +
+        pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
         trimmedStack
       );
     }
     return (
       buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-      chalk.reset('Expected the function to throw an error.\n') +
-      chalk.reset("But it didn't throw anything.") +
-      chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+      pico.reset('Expected the function to throw an error.\n') +
+      pico.reset("But it didn't throw anything.") +
+      pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
       trimmedStack
     );
   }
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
   if (operatorName === 'fail') {
     return (
       buildHintString(assertMatcherHint(operator, operatorName, expected)) +
-      chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `Message:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+      pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `Message:\n  ${message}` : '') +
       trimmedStack
     );
   }
@@ -178,11 +175,11 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
   return (
     // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-template
     buildHintString(assertMatcherHint(operator, operatorName, expected)) +
-    chalk.reset(`Expected value ${operatorMessage(operator)}`) +
+    pico.reset(`Expected value ${operatorMessage(operator)}`) +
     `  ${printExpected(expected)}\n` +
-    chalk.reset('Received:\n') +
+    pico.reset('Received:\n') +
     `  ${printReceived(actual)}` +
-    chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+    pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
     (diffString ? `\n\nDifference:\n\n${diffString}` : '') +
     trimmedStack
   );
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index 62febb8f3fe6..1b498e9a9a10 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
     "@jest/core": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/test-result": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "import-local": "^3.0.2",
     "jest-config": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-validate": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "yargs": "^17.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/run.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/run.ts
index b526b03f9f68..d9f1fff46396 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/run.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import yargs = require('yargs');
 import {getVersion, runCLI} from '@jest/core';
 import type {AggregatedResult} from '@jest/test-result';
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ export async function run(
     clearLine(process.stderr);
     clearLine(process.stdout);
     if (error?.stack) {
-      console.error(chalk.red(error.stack));
+      console.error(pico.red(error.stack));
     } else {
-      console.error(chalk.red(error));
+      console.error(pico.red(error));
     }
 
     exit(1);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const readResultsAndExit = (
   if (globalConfig.forceExit) {
     if (!globalConfig.detectOpenHandles) {
       console.warn(
-        `${chalk.bold(
+        `${pico.bold(
           'Force exiting Jest: ',
         )}Have you considered using \`--detectOpenHandles\` to detect ` +
           'async operations that kept running after all tests finished?',
@@ -132,12 +132,14 @@ const readResultsAndExit = (
     const timeout = globalConfig.openHandlesTimeout;
     setTimeout(() => {
       console.warn(
-        chalk.yellow.bold(
-          `Jest did not exit ${
-            timeout === 1000 ? 'one second' : `${timeout / 1000} seconds`
-          } after the test run has completed.\n\n'`,
+        pico.yellow(
+          pico.bold(
+            `Jest did not exit ${
+              timeout === 1000 ? 'one second' : `${timeout / 1000} seconds`
+            } after the test run has completed.\n\n'`,
+          ),
         ) +
-          chalk.yellow(
+          pico.yellow(
             'This usually means that there are asynchronous operations that ' +
               "weren't stopped in your tests. Consider running Jest with " +
               '`--detectOpenHandles` to troubleshoot this issue.',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/package.json b/packages/jest-config/package.json
index 587135537d7d..236772c92771 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-config/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "@jest/test-sequencer": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "babel-jest": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "ci-info": "^4.0.0",
     "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
     "glob": "^10.3.10",
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@
     "jest-validate": "workspace:*",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.8",
     "parse-json": "^5.2.0",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "^3.1.1"
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/Deprecated.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/Deprecated.ts
index c319f13d2be4..cf41075d04ce 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/Deprecated.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/Deprecated.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {DeprecatedOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 
 function formatDeprecation(message: string): string {
   const lines = [
-    message.replaceAll(/\*(.+?)\*/g, (_, s) => chalk.bold(`"${s}"`)),
+    message.replaceAll(/\*(.+?)\*/g, (_, s) => pico.bold(`"${s}"`)),
     '',
     'Please update your configuration.',
   ];
@@ -19,40 +19,40 @@ function formatDeprecation(message: string): string {
 
 const deprecatedOptions: DeprecatedOptions = {
   browser: () =>
-    `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+    `  Option ${pico.bold(
       '"browser"',
     )} has been deprecated. Please install "browser-resolve" and use the "resolver" option in Jest configuration as shown in the documentation: https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration#resolver-string`,
 
   collectCoverageOnlyFrom: (_options: {
     collectCoverageOnlyFrom?: Record<string, boolean>;
-  }) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  }) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"collectCoverageOnlyFrom"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold('"collectCoverageFrom"')}.
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold('"collectCoverageFrom"')}.
 
     Please update your configuration.`,
 
-  extraGlobals: (_options: {extraGlobals?: string}) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  extraGlobals: (_options: {extraGlobals?: string}) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"extraGlobals"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold('"sandboxInjectedGlobals"')}.
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold('"sandboxInjectedGlobals"')}.
 
   Please update your configuration.`,
 
   init: () =>
-    `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+    `  Option ${pico.bold(
       '"init"',
     )} has been deprecated. Please use "create-jest" package as shown in the documentation: https://jestjs.io/docs/getting-started#generate-a-basic-configuration-file`,
 
-  moduleLoader: (_options: {moduleLoader?: string}) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  moduleLoader: (_options: {moduleLoader?: string}) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"moduleLoader"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold('"runtime"')}.
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold('"runtime"')}.
 
   Please update your configuration.`,
 
   preprocessorIgnorePatterns: (_options: {
     preprocessorIgnorePatterns?: Array<string>;
-  }) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  }) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"preprocessorIgnorePatterns"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold(
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold(
     '"transformIgnorePatterns"',
   )}, which support multiple preprocessors.
 
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ const deprecatedOptions: DeprecatedOptions = {
 
   scriptPreprocessor: (_options: {
     scriptPreprocessor?: string;
-  }) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  }) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"scriptPreprocessor"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold(
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold(
     '"transform"',
   )}, which support multiple preprocessors.
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ const deprecatedOptions: DeprecatedOptions = {
 
   setupTestFrameworkScriptFile: (_options: {
     setupTestFrameworkScriptFile?: string;
-  }) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  }) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"setupTestFrameworkScriptFile"',
-  )} was replaced by configuration ${chalk.bold(
+  )} was replaced by configuration ${pico.bold(
     '"setupFilesAfterEnv"',
   )}, which supports multiple paths.
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const deprecatedOptions: DeprecatedOptions = {
 
   testPathDirs: (_options: {
     testPathDirs?: Array<string>;
-  }) => `  Option ${chalk.bold('"testPathDirs"')} was replaced by ${chalk.bold(
+  }) => `  Option ${pico.bold('"testPathDirs"')} was replaced by ${pico.bold(
     '"roots"',
   )}.
 
@@ -92,17 +92,17 @@ const deprecatedOptions: DeprecatedOptions = {
       'Option *testPathPattern* was replaced by *testPathPatterns*.',
     ),
 
-  testURL: (_options: {testURL?: string}) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  testURL: (_options: {testURL?: string}) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"testURL"',
-  )} was replaced by passing the URL via ${chalk.bold(
+  )} was replaced by passing the URL via ${pico.bold(
     '"testEnvironmentOptions.url"',
   )}.
 
   Please update your configuration.`,
 
-  timers: (_options: {timers?: string}) => `  Option ${chalk.bold(
+  timers: (_options: {timers?: string}) => `  Option ${pico.bold(
     '"timers"',
-  )} was replaced by ${chalk.bold('"fakeTimers"')}.
+  )} was replaced by ${pico.bold('"fakeTimers"')}.
 
   Please update your configuration.`,
 };
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/ReporterValidationErrors.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/ReporterValidationErrors.ts
index 661d91a4ce6f..889ed98030b2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/ReporterValidationErrors.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/ReporterValidationErrors.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {getType} from 'jest-get-type';
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export function createReporterError(
 ): ValidationError {
   const errorMessage =
     `  Reporter at index ${reporterIndex} must be of type:\n` +
-    `    ${chalk.bold.green(validReporterTypes.join(' or '))}\n` +
+    `    ${pico.bold(pico.green(validReporterTypes.join(' or ')))}\n` +
     '  but instead received:\n' +
-    `    ${chalk.bold.red(getType(reporterValue))}`;
+    `    ${pico.bold(pico.red(getType(reporterValue)))}`;
 
   return new ValidationError(ERROR, errorMessage, DOCUMENTATION_NOTE);
 }
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ export function createArrayReporterError(
     `  Unexpected value for ${valueName} ` +
     `at index ${valueIndex} of reporter at index ${reporterIndex}\n` +
     '  Expected:\n' +
-    `    ${chalk.bold.red(expectedType)}\n` +
+    `    ${pico.bold(pico.red(expectedType))}\n` +
     '  Got:\n' +
-    `    ${chalk.bold.green(getType(value))}\n` +
+    `    ${pico.bold(pico.green(getType(value)))}\n` +
     '  Reporter configuration:\n' +
-    `    ${chalk.bold.green(
-      JSON.stringify(arrayReporter, null, 2).split('\n').join('\n    '),
+    `    ${pico.bold(
+      pico.green(
+        JSON.stringify(arrayReporter, null, 2).split('\n').join('\n    '),
+      ),
     )}`;
 
   return new ValidationError(ERROR, errorMessage, DOCUMENTATION_NOTE);
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/color.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/color.ts
index c9ff80d4c22f..bfbb05eed5bc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/color.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/color.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import {createHash} from 'crypto';
-import type {ForegroundColor} from 'chalk';
 
-type Color = typeof ForegroundColor;
+type Color = 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white';
 
 const colors: Array<Color> = [
   'red',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 8523938629ca..ccc261f38869 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import * as constants from './constants';
@@ -228,16 +228,16 @@ const ensureNoDuplicateConfigs = (
     const {configPath} = config;
 
     if (configPathMap.has(configPath)) {
-      const message = `Whoops! Two projects resolved to the same config path: ${chalk.bold(
+      const message = `Whoops! Two projects resolved to the same config path: ${pico.bold(
         String(configPath),
       )}:
 
-  Project 1: ${chalk.bold(projects[parsedConfigs.indexOf(config)])}
-  Project 2: ${chalk.bold(
+  Project 1: ${pico.bold(projects[parsedConfigs.indexOf(config)])}
+  Project 2: ${pico.bold(
     projects[parsedConfigs.indexOf(configPathMap.get(configPath))],
   )}
 
-This usually means that your ${chalk.bold(
+This usually means that your ${pico.bold(
         '"projects"',
       )} config includes a directory that doesn't have any configuration recognizable by Jest. Please fix it.
 `;
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index a0724cc09754..e2843ab9c64e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 import {createHash} from 'crypto';
 import {totalmem} from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import merge = require('deepmerge');
 import {glob} from 'glob';
 import {statSync} from 'graceful-fs';
 import micromatch = require('micromatch');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {TestPathPatterns} from '@jest/pattern';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {replacePathSepForRegex} from 'jest-regex-util';
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function verifyDirectoryExists(path: string, key: string) {
 
     if (!rootStat.isDirectory()) {
       throw createConfigError(
-        `  ${chalk.bold(path)} in the ${chalk.bold(
+        `  ${pico.bold(path)} in the ${pico.bold(
           key,
         )} option is not a directory.`,
       );
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function verifyDirectoryExists(path: string, key: string) {
 
     if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
       throw createConfigError(
-        `  Directory ${chalk.bold(path)} in the ${chalk.bold(
+        `  Directory ${pico.bold(path)} in the ${pico.bold(
           key,
         )} option was not found.`,
       );
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function verifyDirectoryExists(path: string, key: string) {
 
     // Not sure in which cases `statSync` can throw, so let's just show the underlying error to the user
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Got an error trying to find ${chalk.bold(path)} in the ${chalk.bold(
+      `  Got an error trying to find ${pico.bold(path)} in the ${pico.bold(
         key,
       )} option.\n\n  Error was: ${error.message}`,
     );
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const setupPreset = async (
   } catch (error: any) {
     if (error instanceof SyntaxError || error instanceof TypeError) {
       throw createConfigError(
-        `  Preset ${chalk.bold(presetPath)} is invalid:\n\n  ${
+        `  Preset ${pico.bold(presetPath)} is invalid:\n\n  ${
           error.message
         }\n  ${error.stack}`,
       );
@@ -163,24 +163,24 @@ const setupPreset = async (
 
         if (preset) {
           throw createConfigError(
-            `  Module ${chalk.bold(
+            `  Module ${pico.bold(
               presetPath,
             )} should have "jest-preset.js" or "jest-preset.json" file at the root.`,
           );
         }
         throw createConfigError(
-          `  Preset ${chalk.bold(presetPath)} not found relative to rootDir ${chalk.bold(options.rootDir)}.`,
+          `  Preset ${pico.bold(presetPath)} not found relative to rootDir ${pico.bold(options.rootDir)}.`,
         );
       }
       throw createConfigError(
-        `  Missing dependency in ${chalk.bold(presetPath)}:\n\n  ${
+        `  Missing dependency in ${pico.bold(presetPath)}:\n\n  ${
           error.message
         }\n  ${error.stack}`,
       );
     }
 
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  An unknown error occurred in ${chalk.bold(presetPath)}:\n\n  ${
+      `  An unknown error occurred in ${pico.bold(presetPath)}:\n\n  ${
         error.message
       }\n  ${error.stack}`,
     );
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ const normalizeRootDir = (
   // Assert that there *is* a rootDir
   if (!options.rootDir) {
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Configuration option ${chalk.bold('rootDir')} must be specified.`,
+      `  Configuration option ${pico.bold('rootDir')} must be specified.`,
     );
   }
   options.rootDir = path.normalize(options.rootDir);
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ const buildTestPathPatterns = (argv: Config.Argv): TestPathPatterns => {
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log(
-      chalk.red(
+      pico.red(
         `  Invalid testPattern ${testPathPatterns.toPretty()} supplied. ` +
           'Running all tests instead.',
       ),
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ const buildTestPathPatterns = (argv: Config.Argv): TestPathPatterns => {
 function printConfig(opts: Array<string>) {
   const string = opts.map(ext => `'${ext}'`).join(', ');
 
-  return chalk.bold(`extensionsToTreatAsEsm: [${string}]`);
+  return pico.bold(`extensionsToTreatAsEsm: [${string}]`);
 }
 
 function validateExtensionsToTreatAsEsm(
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ function validateExtensionsToTreatAsEsm(
     throw createConfigError(
       `  Option: ${printConfig(
         extensionsToTreatAsEsm,
-      )} includes a string that does not start with a period (${chalk.bold(
+      )} includes a string that does not start with a period (${pico.bold(
         '.',
       )}).
   Please change your configuration to ${printConfig(
@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@ function validateExtensionsToTreatAsEsm(
 
   if (extensionsToTreatAsEsm.includes('.js')) {
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${chalk.bold(
+      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${pico.bold(
         "'.js'",
-      )} which is always inferred based on ${chalk.bold(
+      )} which is always inferred based on ${pico.bold(
         'type',
-      )} in its nearest ${chalk.bold('package.json')}.`,
+      )} in its nearest ${pico.bold('package.json')}.`,
     );
   }
 
   if (extensionsToTreatAsEsm.includes('.cjs')) {
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${chalk.bold(
+      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${pico.bold(
         "'.cjs'",
       )} which is always treated as CommonJS.`,
     );
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ function validateExtensionsToTreatAsEsm(
 
   if (extensionsToTreatAsEsm.includes('.mjs')) {
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${chalk.bold(
+      `  Option: ${printConfig(extensionsToTreatAsEsm)} includes ${pico.bold(
         "'.mjs'",
       )} which is always treated as an ECMAScript Module.`,
     );
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ export default async function normalize(
           const errorMessage =
             "  moduleFileExtensions must include 'js':\n" +
             '  but instead received:\n' +
-            `    ${chalk.bold.red(JSON.stringify(value))}`;
+            `    ${pico.bold(pico.red(JSON.stringify(value)))}`;
 
           // If `js` is not included, any dependency Jest itself injects into
           // the environment, like jasmine or sourcemap-support, will need to
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ export default async function normalize(
             typeof color !== 'string'
           ) {
             const errorMessage =
-              `  Option "${chalk.bold('displayName')}" must be of type:\n\n` +
+              `  Option "${pico.bold('displayName')}" must be of type:\n\n` +
               '  {\n' +
               '    name: string;\n' +
               '    color: string;\n' +
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ export default async function normalize(
       case 'testTimeout': {
         if (oldOptions[key] < 0) {
           throw createConfigError(
-            `  Option "${chalk.bold('testTimeout')}" must be a natural number.`,
+            `  Option "${pico.bold('testTimeout')}" must be a natural number.`,
           );
         }
 
@@ -1096,8 +1096,8 @@ export default async function normalize(
 
   if (newOptions.testRegex.length > 0 && options.testMatch) {
     throw createConfigError(
-      `  Configuration options ${chalk.bold('testMatch')} and` +
-        ` ${chalk.bold('testRegex')} cannot be used together.`,
+      `  Configuration options ${pico.bold('testMatch')} and` +
+        ` ${pico.bold('testRegex')} cannot be used together.`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/resolveConfigPath.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/resolveConfigPath.ts
index d6cd21da82d2..97bef17df76c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/resolveConfigPath.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/resolveConfigPath.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import slash = require('slash');
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
 import {
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ const resolveConfigPathByTraversing = (
         if (!isFile(absolutePath)) {
           throw new ValidationError(
             `${BULLET}Validation Error`,
-            `  Configuration in ${chalk.bold(packageJson)} is not valid. ` +
+            `  Configuration in ${pico.bold(packageJson)} is not valid. ` +
               `Jest expects the string configuration to point to a file, but ${absolutePath} is not. ` +
-              `Please check your Jest configuration in ${chalk.bold(
+              `Please check your Jest configuration in ${pico.bold(
                 packageJson,
               )}.`,
             DOCUMENTATION_NOTE,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function extraIfPackageJson(configPath: string) {
 const makeMultipleConfigsErrorMessage = (
   configPaths: Array<string>,
 ): [string, string, string] => [
-  `${BULLET}${chalk.bold('Multiple configurations found')}`,
+  `${BULLET}${pico.bold('Multiple configurations found')}`,
   [
     ...configPaths.map(
       configPath =>
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
index 78be841f767e..4aa4a469cc99 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ type ResolveOptions = {
   optional?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const BULLET: string = chalk.bold('\u25CF ');
-export const DOCUMENTATION_NOTE = `  ${chalk.bold(
+export const BULLET: string = pico.bold('\u25CF ');
+export const DOCUMENTATION_NOTE = `  ${pico.bold(
   'Configuration Documentation:',
 )}
   https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ export const resolve = (
 
   if (!module && !optional) {
     throw createValidationError(
-      `  Module ${chalk.bold(filePath)} in the ${chalk.bold(
+      `  Module ${pico.bold(filePath)} in the ${pico.bold(
         key,
       )} option was not found.
-         ${chalk.bold('<rootDir>')} is: ${rootDir}`,
+         ${pico.bold('<rootDir>')} is: ${rootDir}`,
     );
   }
   /// can cast as string since nulls will be thrown
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/package.json b/packages/jest-console/package.json
index e387505e1034..e3c93966ea9a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-console/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "jest-message-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "slash": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
index 21162ac14289..b5cbc3ef64b2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import {AssertionError, strict as assert} from 'assert';
 import {Console} from 'console';
 import {type InspectOptions, format, formatWithOptions, inspect} from 'util';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {ErrorWithStack, formatTime, invariant} from 'jest-util';
 import type {
   ConsoleBuffer,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default class BufferedConsole extends Console {
     this._groupDepth++;
 
     if (title != null || rest.length > 0) {
-      this._log('group', chalk.bold(format(title, ...rest)));
+      this._log('group', pico.bold(format(title, ...rest)));
     }
   }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default class BufferedConsole extends Console {
     this._groupDepth++;
 
     if (title != null || rest.length > 0) {
-      this._log('groupCollapsed', chalk.bold(format(title, ...rest)));
+      this._log('groupCollapsed', pico.bold(format(title, ...rest)));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
index 41457aa7fc77..6460251eb6a2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {AssertionError, strict as assert} from 'assert';
 import {Console} from 'console';
 import type {WriteStream} from 'tty';
 import {type InspectOptions, format, formatWithOptions, inspect} from 'util';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {clearLine, formatTime} from 'jest-util';
 import type {LogCounters, LogMessage, LogTimers, LogType} from './types';
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default class CustomConsole extends Console {
     this._groupDepth++;
 
     if (title != null || args.length > 0) {
-      this._log('group', chalk.bold(format(title, ...args)));
+      this._log('group', pico.bold(format(title, ...args)));
     }
   }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default class CustomConsole extends Console {
     this._groupDepth++;
 
     if (title != null || args.length > 0) {
-      this._log('groupCollapsed', chalk.bold(format(title, ...args)));
+      this._log('groupCollapsed', pico.bold(format(title, ...args)));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
index 84b71ece4a39..8e44a8dbef32 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import {Writable} from 'stream';
 import type {WriteStream} from 'tty';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import CustomConsole from '../CustomConsole';
 
 describe('CustomConsole', () => {
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ describe('CustomConsole', () => {
       _console.group('second');
       _console.log('there');
 
-      expect(_stdout).toBe(`  ${chalk.bold('first')}
+      expect(_stdout).toBe(`  ${pico.bold('first')}
   hey
-    ${chalk.bold('second')}
+    ${pico.bold('second')}
     there
 `);
     });
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
index bf6560c73455..042e922ef0e0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import BufferedConsole from '../BufferedConsole';
 
 describe('CustomConsole', () => {
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ describe('CustomConsole', () => {
       _console.group('second');
       _console.log('there');
 
-      expect(stdout()).toBe(`  ${chalk.bold('first')}
+      expect(stdout()).toBe(`  ${pico.bold('first')}
   hey
-    ${chalk.bold('second')}
+    ${pico.bold('second')}
     there`);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/getConsoleOutput.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/getConsoleOutput.ts
index 66d6ed8e4ef7..de1198dcaa9f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/getConsoleOutput.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/getConsoleOutput.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {
   type StackTraceConfig,
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ export default function getConsoleOutput(
     let noCodeFrame = true;
 
     if (type === 'warn') {
-      message = chalk.yellow(message);
-      typeMessage = chalk.yellow(typeMessage);
+      message = pico.yellow(message);
+      typeMessage = pico.yellow(typeMessage);
       noStackTrace = globalConfig?.noStackTrace ?? false;
       noCodeFrame = false;
     } else if (type === 'error') {
-      message = chalk.red(message);
-      typeMessage = chalk.red(typeMessage);
+      message = pico.red(message);
+      typeMessage = pico.red(typeMessage);
       noStackTrace = globalConfig?.noStackTrace ?? false;
       noCodeFrame = false;
     }
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ export default function getConsoleOutput(
     const formattedStackTrace = formatStackTrace(origin, config, options);
 
     return `${
-      output + TITLE_INDENT + chalk.dim(typeMessage)
-    }\n${message.trimEnd()}\n${chalk.dim(formattedStackTrace.trimEnd())}\n\n`;
+      output + TITLE_INDENT + pico.dim(typeMessage)
+    }\n${message.trimEnd()}\n${pico.dim(formattedStackTrace.trimEnd())}\n\n`;
   }, '');
 
   return `${logEntries.trimEnd()}\n`;
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/package.json b/packages/jest-core/package.json
index c66b856b159b..a66aafe18c9c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-core/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "*",
     "ansi-escapes": "^4.2.1",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "ci-info": "^4.0.0",
     "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
     "jest-validate": "workspace:*",
     "jest-watcher": "workspace:*",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.8",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/FailedTestsInteractiveMode.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/FailedTestsInteractiveMode.ts
index 07caa7876572..ec7c5595d8d5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/FailedTestsInteractiveMode.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/FailedTestsInteractiveMode.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import ansiEscapes = require('ansi-escapes');
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {AggregatedResult, AssertionLocation} from '@jest/test-result';
 import {pluralize, specialChars} from 'jest-util';
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ type RunnerUpdateFunction = (failure?: AssertionLocation) => void;
 const {ARROW, CLEAR} = specialChars;
 
 function describeKey(key: string, description: string) {
-  return `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press`)} ${key} ${chalk.dim(description)}`;
+  return `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press`)} ${key} ${pico.dim(description)}`;
 }
 
-const TestProgressLabel = chalk.bold('Interactive Test Progress');
+const TestProgressLabel = pico.bold('Interactive Test Progress');
 
 export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
   private _isActive = false;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
     this._pipe.write(CLEAR);
 
     const messages: Array<string> = [
-      chalk.bold('Watch Usage'),
+      pico.bold('Watch Usage'),
       describeKey('Enter', 'to return to watch mode.'),
     ];
 
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
     let stats = `${pluralize('test', this._countPaths)} reviewed`;
 
     if (this._skippedNum > 0) {
-      const skippedText = chalk.bold.yellow(
-        `${pluralize('test', this._skippedNum)} skipped`,
+      const skippedText = pico.bold(
+        pico.yellow(`${pluralize('test', this._skippedNum)} skipped`),
       );
 
       stats = `${stats}, ${skippedText}`;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
       TestProgressLabel,
       `${ARROW}${stats}`,
       '\n',
-      chalk.bold('Watch Usage'),
+      pico.bold('Watch Usage'),
       describeKey('r', 'to restart Interactive Mode.'),
       describeKey('q', 'to quit Interactive Mode.'),
       describeKey('Enter', 'to return to watch mode.'),
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
     let stats = `${pluralize('test', numRemaining)} remaining`;
 
     if (this._skippedNum > 0) {
-      const skippedText = chalk.bold.yellow(
-        `${pluralize('test', this._skippedNum)} skipped`,
+      const skippedText = pico.bold(
+        pico.yellow(`${pluralize('test', this._skippedNum)} skipped`),
       );
 
       stats = `${stats}, ${skippedText}`;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export default class FailedTestsInteractiveMode {
       TestProgressLabel,
       `${ARROW}${stats}`,
       '\n',
-      chalk.bold('Watch Usage'),
+      pico.bold('Watch Usage'),
       describeKey('s', 'to skip the current test.'),
       describeKey('q', 'to quit Interactive Mode.'),
       describeKey('Enter', 'to return to watch mode.'),
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/SnapshotInteractiveMode.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/SnapshotInteractiveMode.ts
index 0f9ec0a886b5..b1e9a8839f9c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/SnapshotInteractiveMode.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/SnapshotInteractiveMode.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import ansiEscapes = require('ansi-escapes');
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {AggregatedResult, AssertionLocation} from '@jest/test-result';
 import {pluralize, specialChars} from 'jest-util';
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
@@ -48,37 +48,35 @@ export default class SnapshotInteractiveMode {
     const numPass = this._countPaths - this._testAssertions.length;
     const numRemaining = this._countPaths - numPass - this._skippedNum;
 
-    let stats = chalk.bold.dim(
-      `${pluralize('snapshot', numRemaining)} remaining`,
+    let stats = pico.bold(
+      pico.dim(`${pluralize('snapshot', numRemaining)} remaining`),
     );
     if (numPass) {
-      stats += `, ${chalk.bold.green(
-        `${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`,
+      stats += `, ${pico.bold(
+        pico.green(`${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`),
       )}`;
     }
     if (this._skippedNum) {
-      stats += `, ${chalk.bold.yellow(
-        `${pluralize('snapshot', this._skippedNum)} skipped`,
+      stats += `, ${pico.bold(
+        pico.yellow(`${pluralize('snapshot', this._skippedNum)} skipped`),
       )}`;
     }
     const messages = [
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Interactive Snapshot Progress')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Interactive Snapshot Progress')}`,
       ARROW + stats,
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}u${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}u${pico.dim(
         ' to update failing snapshots for this test.',
       )}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}s${chalk.dim(
-        ' to skip the current test.',
-      )}`,
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}s${pico.dim(' to skip the current test.')}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}q${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}q${pico.dim(
         ' to quit Interactive Snapshot Mode.',
       )}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}Enter${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}Enter${pico.dim(
         ' to trigger a test run.',
       )}`,
     ];
@@ -90,29 +88,29 @@ export default class SnapshotInteractiveMode {
     this._pipe.write(CLEAR);
     const numPass = this._countPaths - this._testAssertions.length;
 
-    let stats = chalk.bold.dim(
-      `${pluralize('snapshot', this._countPaths)} reviewed`,
+    let stats = pico.bold(
+      pico.dim(`${pluralize('snapshot', this._countPaths)} reviewed`),
     );
     if (numPass) {
-      stats += `, ${chalk.bold.green(
-        `${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`,
+      stats += `, ${pico.bold(
+        pico.green(`${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`),
       )}`;
     }
     if (this._skippedNum) {
-      stats += `, ${chalk.bold.yellow(
-        `${pluralize('snapshot', this._skippedNum)} skipped`,
+      stats += `, ${pico.bold(
+        pico.yellow(`${pluralize('snapshot', this._skippedNum)} skipped`),
       )}`;
     }
     const messages = [
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Interactive Snapshot Result')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Interactive Snapshot Result')}`,
       ARROW + stats,
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}r${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}r${pico.dim(
         ' to restart Interactive Snapshot Mode.',
       )}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}q${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}q${pico.dim(
         ' to quit Interactive Snapshot Mode.',
       )}`,
     ];
@@ -124,20 +122,20 @@ export default class SnapshotInteractiveMode {
     this._pipe.write(CLEAR);
     const numPass = this._countPaths - this._testAssertions.length;
 
-    let stats = chalk.bold.dim(
-      `${pluralize('snapshot', this._countPaths)} reviewed`,
+    let stats = pico.bold(
+      pico.dim(`${pluralize('snapshot', this._countPaths)} reviewed`),
     );
     if (numPass) {
-      stats += `, ${chalk.bold.green(
-        `${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`,
+      stats += `, ${pico.bold(
+        pico.green(`${pluralize('snapshot', numPass)} updated`),
       )}`;
     }
     const messages = [
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Interactive Snapshot Result')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Interactive Snapshot Result')}`,
       ARROW + stats,
-      `\n${chalk.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
+      `\n${pico.bold('Watch Usage')}`,
 
-      `${chalk.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}Enter${chalk.dim(
+      `${pico.dim(`${ARROW}Press `)}Enter${pico.dim(
         ' to return to watch mode.',
       )}`,
     ];
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
index ca35c0556d53..a7d4d40ab98f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 import type {WriteStream} from 'tty';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
 import type {AggregatedResult, TestContext} from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export async function runCLI(
     const openHandlesString = pluralize('open handle', formatted.length, 's');
 
     const message =
-      chalk.red(
+      pico.red(
         `\nJest has detected the following ${openHandlesString} potentially keeping Jest from exiting:\n\n`,
       ) + formatted.join('\n\n');
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getChangedFilesPromise.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getChangedFilesPromise.ts
index 252eb67ad087..3b512e6ba7e3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getChangedFilesPromise.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getChangedFilesPromise.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {
   type ChangedFilesPromise,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default function getChangedFilesPromise(
         .filter(line => !line.includes('Command failed:'))
         .join('\n');
 
-      console.error(chalk.red(`\n\n${message}`));
+      console.error(pico.red(`\n\n${message}`));
 
       process.exit(1);
     });
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
index 7d6ae6e5e7bb..4d399cd18561 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {pluralize} from 'jest-util';
 import type {TestRunData} from './types';
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ export default function getNoTestFound(
       .map(p => `"${p}"`)
       .join(', ')}`;
   } else {
-    dataMessage = `Pattern: ${chalk.yellow(
+    dataMessage = `Pattern: ${pico.yellow(
       globalConfig.testPathPatterns.toPretty(),
     )} - 0 matches`;
   }
 
   if (willExitWith0) {
     return (
-      `${chalk.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 0')}\n` +
-      `In ${chalk.bold(globalConfig.rootDir)}` +
+      `${pico.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 0')}\n` +
+      `In ${pico.bold(globalConfig.rootDir)}` +
       '\n' +
       `  ${pluralize('file', testFiles, 's')} checked across ${pluralize(
         'project',
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ export default function getNoTestFound(
   }
 
   return (
-    `${chalk.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 1')}\n` +
+    `${pico.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 1')}\n` +
     'Run with `--passWithNoTests` to exit with code 0' +
     '\n' +
-    `In ${chalk.bold(globalConfig.rootDir)}` +
+    `In ${pico.bold(globalConfig.rootDir)}` +
     '\n' +
     `  ${pluralize('file', testFiles, 's')} checked across ${pluralize(
       'project',
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundFailed.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundFailed.ts
index acab5c62a8af..f74531521c64 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundFailed.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundFailed.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {isInteractive} from 'jest-util';
 
 export default function getNoTestFoundFailed(
   globalConfig: Config.GlobalConfig,
 ): string {
-  let msg = chalk.bold('No failed test found.');
+  let msg = pico.bold('No failed test found.');
   if (isInteractive) {
-    msg += chalk.dim(
+    msg += pico.dim(
       `\n${
         globalConfig.watch
           ? 'Press `f` to quit "only failed tests" mode.'
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundPassWithNoTests.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundPassWithNoTests.ts
index 768a18e96f61..840d050f2faf 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundPassWithNoTests.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundPassWithNoTests.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 
 export default function getNoTestFoundPassWithNoTests(): string {
-  return chalk.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 0');
+  return pico.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 0');
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundRelatedToChangedFiles.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundRelatedToChangedFiles.ts
index 995153f2f25b..ca44a27f78fd 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundRelatedToChangedFiles.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundRelatedToChangedFiles.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {isInteractive} from 'jest-util';
 
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ export default function getNoTestFoundRelatedToChangedFiles(
   const ref = globalConfig.changedSince
     ? `"${globalConfig.changedSince}"`
     : 'last commit';
-  let msg = chalk.bold(`No tests found related to files changed since ${ref}.`);
+  let msg = pico.bold(`No tests found related to files changed since ${ref}.`);
 
   if (isInteractive) {
-    msg += chalk.dim(
+    msg += pico.dim(
       `\n${
         globalConfig.watch
           ? 'Press `a` to run all tests, or run Jest with `--watchAll`.'
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
index bd5f2ab355b4..7bda26329198 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {pluralize} from 'jest-util';
 import type {Stats, TestRunData} from './types';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function getNoTestFoundVerbose(
             ? value.join(', ')
             : String(value);
           const matches = pluralize('match', stats[key] || 0, 'es');
-          return `  ${key}: ${chalk.yellow(valueAsString)} - ${matches}`;
+          return `  ${key}: ${pico.yellow(valueAsString)} - ${matches}`;
         }
         return null;
       })
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function getNoTestFoundVerbose(
       .join('\n');
 
     return testRun.matches.total
-      ? `In ${chalk.bold(config.rootDir)}\n` +
+      ? `In ${pico.bold(config.rootDir)}\n` +
           `  ${pluralize(
             'file',
             testRun.matches.total || 0,
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@ export default function getNoTestFoundVerbose(
       .map(p => `"${p}"`)
       .join(', ')}`;
   } else {
-    dataMessage = `Pattern: ${chalk.yellow(
+    dataMessage = `Pattern: ${pico.yellow(
       globalConfig.testPathPatterns.toPretty(),
     )} - 0 matches`;
   }
 
   if (willExitWith0) {
-    return `${chalk.bold(
+    return `${pico.bold(
       'No tests found, exiting with code 0',
     )}\n${individualResults.join('\n')}\n${dataMessage}`;
   }
 
   return (
-    `${chalk.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 1')}\n` +
+    `${pico.bold('No tests found, exiting with code 1')}\n` +
     'Run with `--passWithNoTests` to exit with code 0' +
     `\n${individualResults.join('\n')}\n${dataMessage}`
   );
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getProjectNamesMissingWarning.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getProjectNamesMissingWarning.ts
index 6a6e1cf145aa..c3da545fac0d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getProjectNamesMissingWarning.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getProjectNamesMissingWarning.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import getProjectDisplayName from './getProjectDisplayName';
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function getProjectNamesMissingWarning(
   if (opts.ignoreProjects) {
     args.push('--ignoreProjects');
   }
-  return chalk.yellow(
+  return pico.yellow(
     `You provided values for ${args.join(' and ')} but ${
       numberOfProjectsWithoutAName === 1
         ? 'a project does not have a name'
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getSelectProjectsMessage.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getSelectProjectsMessage.ts
index 0d67295c32fb..1698db1e70bc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getSelectProjectsMessage.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getSelectProjectsMessage.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import getProjectDisplayName from './getProjectDisplayName';
 
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ function getNoSelectionWarning(opts: {
   selectProjects: Array<string> | undefined;
 }): string {
   if (opts.ignoreProjects && opts.selectProjects) {
-    return chalk.yellow(
+    return pico.yellow(
       'You provided values for --selectProjects and --ignoreProjects, but no projects were found matching the selection.\n' +
         'Are you ignoring all the selected projects?\n',
     );
   } else if (opts.ignoreProjects) {
-    return chalk.yellow(
+    return pico.yellow(
       'You provided values for --ignoreProjects, but no projects were found matching the selection.\n' +
         'Are you ignoring all projects?\n',
     );
   } else if (opts.selectProjects) {
-    return chalk.yellow(
+    return pico.yellow(
       'You provided values for --selectProjects but no projects were found matching the selection.\n',
     );
   } else {
-    return chalk.yellow('No projects were found.\n');
+    return pico.yellow('No projects were found.\n');
   }
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function getProjectsRunningMessage(
   if (projectConfigs.length === 1) {
     const name =
       getProjectDisplayName(projectConfigs[0]) ?? '<unnamed project>';
-    return `Running one project: ${chalk.bold(name)}\n`;
+    return `Running one project: ${pico.bold(name)}\n`;
   }
   const projectsList = projectConfigs
     .map(getProjectNameListElement)
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ function getProjectNameListElement(
   projectConfig: Config.ProjectConfig,
 ): string {
   const name = getProjectDisplayName(projectConfig);
-  const elementContent = name ? chalk.bold(name) : '<unnamed project>';
+  const elementContent = name ? pico.bold(name) : '<unnamed project>';
   return `- ${elementContent}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/activeFiltersMessage.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/activeFiltersMessage.ts
index c1c9230c6544..58c1142fcde7 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/activeFiltersMessage.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/activeFiltersMessage.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {isNonNullable} from 'jest-util';
 
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ const activeFilters = (globalConfig: Config.GlobalConfig): string => {
   if (testNamePattern || testPathPatterns.isSet()) {
     const filters = [
       testPathPatterns.isSet()
-        ? chalk.dim('filename ') + chalk.yellow(testPathPatterns.toPretty())
+        ? pico.dim('filename ') + pico.yellow(testPathPatterns.toPretty())
         : null,
       testNamePattern
-        ? chalk.dim('test name ') + chalk.yellow(`/${testNamePattern}/`)
+        ? pico.dim('test name ') + pico.yellow(`/${testNamePattern}/`)
         : null,
     ]
       .filter(isNonNullable)
       .join(', ');
 
-    const messages = `\n${chalk.bold('Active Filters: ')}${filters}`;
+    const messages = `\n${pico.bold('Active Filters: ')}${filters}`;
 
     return messages;
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/handleDeprecationWarnings.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/handleDeprecationWarnings.ts
index f56c79f1509d..930a16cc30b8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/handleDeprecationWarnings.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/handleDeprecationWarnings.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import type {ReadStream, WriteStream} from 'tty';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
 
 export default function handleDeprecationWarnings(
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export default function handleDeprecationWarnings(
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     if (typeof stdin.setRawMode === 'function') {
       const messages = [
-        chalk.red('There are deprecation warnings.\n'),
-        `${chalk.dim(' \u203A Press ')}Enter${chalk.dim(' to continue.')}`,
-        `${chalk.dim(' \u203A Press ')}Esc${chalk.dim(' to exit.')}`,
+        pico.red('There are deprecation warnings.\n'),
+        `${pico.dim(' \u203A Press ')}Enter${pico.dim(' to continue.')}`,
+        `${pico.dim(' \u203A Press ')}Esc${pico.dim(' to exit.')}`,
       ];
 
       pipe.write(messages.join('\n'));
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
index 28d97d83c222..cc0b3cff844d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 import type {WriteStream} from 'tty';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
 import {
   type AggregatedResult,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export default async function runJest({
     ).every(scm => repos[scm].size === 0);
     if (noSCM) {
       process.stderr.write(
-        `\n${chalk.bold(
+        `\n${pico.bold(
           '--watch',
         )} is not supported without git/hg, please use --watchAll\n`,
       );
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/package.json b/packages/jest-diff/package.json
index 5831baf5ca06..9c2f4dac8ba2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/package.json
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "diff-sequences": "workspace:*",
     "jest-get-type": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/src/__tests__/diff.test.ts b/packages/jest-diff/src/__tests__/diff.test.ts
index 64347ca05547..fc155a93bb62 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/src/__tests__/diff.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/src/__tests__/diff.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi');
 import {alignedAnsiStyleSerializer} from '@jest/test-utils';
 import {diff} from '../';
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ describe('context', () => {
         expand: false,
       };
       if (!validContextLines) {
-        options.patchColor = chalk.dim;
+        options.patchColor = pico.dim;
       }
 
       const result = diff(
@@ -940,9 +940,9 @@ describe('options 7980', () => {
 
   const options = {
     aAnnotation: 'Original',
-    aColor: chalk.red,
+    aColor: pico.red,
     bAnnotation: 'Modified',
-    bColor: chalk.green,
+    bColor: pico.green,
   };
 
   test('diff', () => {
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ describe('options', () => {
 
   describe('change color', () => {
     const options = {
-      changeColor: chalk.bold,
-      commonColor: chalk.yellow,
+      changeColor: pico.bold,
+      commonColor: pico.yellow,
     };
 
     test('diffStringsUnified', () => {
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ describe('options', () => {
 
     test('diff yellowish common', () => {
       const options = {
-        commonLineTrailingSpaceColor: chalk.bgYellow,
+        commonLineTrailingSpaceColor: pico.bgYellow,
       };
 
       expect(diff(aTrailingSpaces, bTrailingSpaces, options)).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-diff/src/index.ts
index 4b87be7d720f..c5f3ec8aabb0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {getType} from 'jest-get-type';
 import {
   type PrettyFormatOptions,
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ export function diff(a: any, b: any, options?: DiffOptions): string | null {
   if (expectedType !== getType(b)) {
     return (
       '  Comparing two different types of values.' +
-      ` Expected ${chalk.green(expectedType)} but ` +
-      `received ${chalk.red(getType(b))}.`
+      ` Expected ${pico.green(expectedType)} but ` +
+      `received ${pico.red(getType(b))}.`
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/src/normalizeDiffOptions.ts b/packages/jest-diff/src/normalizeDiffOptions.ts
index 3072bea01597..9a536722cf20 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/src/normalizeDiffOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/src/normalizeDiffOptions.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {CompareKeys} from 'pretty-format';
 import type {DiffOptions, DiffOptionsNormalized} from './types';
 
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ const DIFF_CONTEXT_DEFAULT = 5;
 
 const OPTIONS_DEFAULT: DiffOptionsNormalized = {
   aAnnotation: 'Expected',
-  aColor: chalk.green,
+  aColor: pico.green,
   aIndicator: '-',
   bAnnotation: 'Received',
-  bColor: chalk.red,
+  bColor: pico.red,
   bIndicator: '+',
-  changeColor: chalk.inverse,
+  changeColor: pico.inverse,
   changeLineTrailingSpaceColor: noColor,
-  commonColor: chalk.dim,
+  commonColor: pico.dim,
   commonIndicator: ' ',
   commonLineTrailingSpaceColor: noColor,
   compareKeys: undefined,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const OPTIONS_DEFAULT: DiffOptionsNormalized = {
   expand: true,
   includeChangeCounts: false,
   omitAnnotationLines: false,
-  patchColor: chalk.yellow,
+  patchColor: pico.yellow,
 };
 
 const getCompareKeys = (compareKeys?: CompareKeys): CompareKeys =>
diff --git a/packages/jest-each/package.json b/packages/jest-each/package.json
index 891375ef54a9..2454fabe5710 100644
--- a/packages/jest-each/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-each/package.json
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "jest-get-type": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-each/src/validation.ts b/packages/jest-each/src/validation.ts
index ffb770ca4e51..0c54ad49c4c9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-each/src/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-each/src/validation.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  *
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {Global} from '@jest/types';
 import {format as pretty} from 'pretty-format';
 
 type TemplateData = Global.TemplateData;
 
-const EXPECTED_COLOR = chalk.green;
-const RECEIVED_COLOR = chalk.red;
+const EXPECTED_COLOR = pico.green;
+const RECEIVED_COLOR = pico.red;
 
 export const validateArrayTable = (table: unknown): void => {
   if (!Array.isArray(table)) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
index a013338e3801..899deb1e3b68 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "@jest/test-result": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "co": "^4.6.0",
     "is-generator-fn": "^2.0.0",
     "jest-each": "workspace:*",
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
     "jest-snapshot": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/assertionErrorMessage.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/assertionErrorMessage.ts
index 5251719466f5..c6727505adda 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/assertionErrorMessage.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/assertionErrorMessage.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {
   type DiffOptions,
   diff,
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ const operatorMessage = (operator: string | null) => {
 
 const assertThrowingMatcherHint = (operatorName: string) =>
   operatorName
-    ? chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
-      chalk.red('function') +
-      chalk.dim(')')
+    ? pico.dim('assert') +
+      pico.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
+      pico.red('function') +
+      pico.dim(')')
     : '';
 
 const assertMatcherHint = (
@@ -71,18 +71,15 @@ const assertMatcherHint = (
 
   if (operator === '==' && expected === true) {
     message =
-      chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim('(') +
-      chalk.red('received') +
-      chalk.dim(')');
+      pico.dim('assert') + pico.dim('(') + pico.red('received') + pico.dim(')');
   } else if (operatorName) {
     message =
-      chalk.dim('assert') +
-      chalk.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
-      chalk.red('received') +
-      chalk.dim(', ') +
-      chalk.green('expected') +
-      chalk.dim(')');
+      pico.dim('assert') +
+      pico.dim(`.${operatorName}(`) +
+      pico.red('received') +
+      pico.dim(', ') +
+      pico.green('expected') +
+      pico.dim(')');
   }
 
   return message;
@@ -103,9 +100,9 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
   if (operatorName === 'doesNotThrow') {
     return `${
       buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-      chalk.reset('Expected the function not to throw an error.\n') +
-      chalk.reset('Instead, it threw:\n')
-    }  ${printReceived(actual)}${chalk.reset(
+      pico.reset('Expected the function not to throw an error.\n') +
+      pico.reset('Instead, it threw:\n')
+    }  ${printReceived(actual)}${pico.reset(
       hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '',
     )}${trimmedStack}`;
   }
@@ -114,16 +111,16 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
     if (error.generatedMessage) {
       return (
         buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-        chalk.reset(error.message) +
-        chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+        pico.reset(error.message) +
+        pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
         trimmedStack
       );
     }
     return (
       buildHintString(assertThrowingMatcherHint(operatorName)) +
-      chalk.reset('Expected the function to throw an error.\n') +
-      chalk.reset("But it didn't throw anything.") +
-      chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+      pico.reset('Expected the function to throw an error.\n') +
+      pico.reset("But it didn't throw anything.") +
+      pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '') +
       trimmedStack
     );
   }
@@ -131,17 +128,17 @@ function assertionErrorMessage(
   if (operatorName === 'fail') {
     return (
       buildHintString(assertMatcherHint(operator, operatorName, expected)) +
-      chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `Message:\n  ${message}` : '') +
+      pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `Message:\n  ${message}` : '') +
       trimmedStack
     );
   }
 
   return `${
     buildHintString(assertMatcherHint(operator, operatorName, expected)) +
-    chalk.reset(`Expected value ${operatorMessage(operator)}`)
-  }  ${printExpected(expected)}\n${chalk.reset('Received:\n')}  ${printReceived(
+    pico.reset(`Expected value ${operatorMessage(operator)}`)
+  }  ${printExpected(expected)}\n${pico.reset('Received:\n')}  ${printReceived(
     actual,
-  )}${chalk.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '')}${
+  )}${pico.reset(hasCustomMessage ? `\n\nMessage:\n  ${message}` : '')}${
     diffString ? `\n\nDifference:\n\n${diffString}` : ''
   }${trimmedStack}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/package.json b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/package.json
index 10aa579ad8a5..b7eae5685392 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "jest-diff": "workspace:*",
     "jest-get-type": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 2db009cf8514..e2374d983ac3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {alignedAnsiStyleSerializer} from '@jest/test-utils';
 import {format as prettyFormat} from 'pretty-format';
 import {
@@ -329,19 +329,19 @@ describe('matcherHint', () => {
       {expectedColor, secondArgument: '...expected'},
     );
 
-    const substringNegative = chalk.green(expectedArgument);
+    const substringNegative = pico.green(expectedArgument);
 
     expect(received).not.toMatch(substringNegative);
   });
 
   test('receivedColor', () => {
-    const receivedColor = chalk.cyan.bgAnsi256(158);
+    const receivedColor = (arg: string): string => pico.cyan(pico.bgBlue(arg));
     const receivedArgument = 'received';
     const received = matcherHint('toMatchSnapshot', receivedArgument, '', {
       receivedColor,
     });
 
-    const substringNegative = chalk.red(receivedArgument);
+    const substringNegative = pico.red(receivedArgument);
     const substringPositive = receivedColor(receivedArgument);
 
     expect(received).not.toMatch(substringNegative);
@@ -349,14 +349,14 @@ describe('matcherHint', () => {
   });
 
   test('secondArgumentColor', () => {
-    const secondArgumentColor = chalk.bold;
+    const secondArgumentColor = pico.bold;
     const secondArgument = 'hint';
     const received = matcherHint('toMatchSnapshot', undefined, 'properties', {
       secondArgument,
       secondArgumentColor,
     });
 
-    const substringNegative = chalk.green(secondArgument);
+    const substringNegative = pico.green(secondArgument);
     const substringPositive = secondArgumentColor(secondArgument);
 
     expect(received).not.toMatch(substringNegative);
diff --git a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
index 3e90b1ebf87f..119db9711184 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable local/ban-types-eventually */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {
   DIFF_DELETE,
   DIFF_EQUAL,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const PLUGINS = [
   AsymmetricMatcher,
 ];
 
-type MatcherHintColor = (arg: string) => string; // subset of Chalk type
+type MatcherHintColor = (arg: string) => string; // subset of pico type
 
 export type MatcherHintOptions = {
   comment?: string;
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ export type MatcherHintOptions = {
 
 export type DiffOptions = ImportDiffOptions;
 
-export const EXPECTED_COLOR = chalk.green;
-export const RECEIVED_COLOR = chalk.red;
-export const INVERTED_COLOR = chalk.inverse;
-export const BOLD_WEIGHT = chalk.bold;
-export const DIM_COLOR = chalk.dim;
+export const EXPECTED_COLOR = pico.green;
+export const RECEIVED_COLOR = pico.red;
+export const INVERTED_COLOR = pico.inverse;
+export const BOLD_WEIGHT = pico.bold;
+export const DIM_COLOR = pico.dim;
 
 const MULTILINE_REGEXP = /\n/;
 const SPACE_SYMBOL = '\u{00B7}'; // middle dot
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const NUMBERS = [
   'thirteen',
 ];
 
-export const SUGGEST_TO_CONTAIN_EQUAL = chalk.dim(
+export const SUGGEST_TO_CONTAIN_EQUAL = pico.dim(
   'Looks like you wanted to test for object/array equality with the stricter `toContain` matcher. You probably need to use `toContainEqual` instead.',
 );
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export const stringify = (
 };
 
 export const highlightTrailingWhitespace = (text: string): string =>
-  text.replaceAll(/\s+$/gm, chalk.inverse('$&'));
+  text.replaceAll(/\s+$/gm, pico.inverse('$&'));
 
 // Instead of inverse highlight which now implies a change,
 // replace common spaces with middle dot at the end of any line.
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ export const printDiffOrStringify = (
       return diffStringsUnified(expected, received, {
         aAnnotation: expectedLabel,
         bAnnotation: receivedLabel,
-        changeLineTrailingSpaceColor: chalk.bgYellow,
-        commonLineTrailingSpaceColor: chalk.bgYellow,
+        changeLineTrailingSpaceColor: pico.bgYellow,
+        commonLineTrailingSpaceColor: pico.bgYellow,
         emptyFirstOrLastLinePlaceholder: '↵', // U+21B5
         expand,
         includeChangeCounts: true,
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ export const matcherErrorMessage = (
   generic: string, // condition which correct value must fulfill
   specific?: string, // incorrect value returned from call to printWithType
 ): string =>
-  `${hint}\n\n${chalk.bold('Matcher error')}: ${generic}${
+  `${hint}\n\n${pico.bold('Matcher error')}: ${generic}${
     typeof specific === 'string' ? `\n\n${specific}` : ''
   }`;
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-message-util/package.json b/packages/jest-message-util/package.json
index 751cf0ee5e0a..ed0c1a991b06 100644
--- a/packages/jest-message-util/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-message-util/package.json
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
     "@babel/code-frame": "^7.12.13",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/stack-utils": "^2.0.0",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.8",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:*",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "stack-utils": "^2.0.3"
diff --git a/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
index fd6efbb88e30..e410002ec831 100644
--- a/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 import {types} from 'util';
 import {codeFrameColumns} from '@babel/code-frame';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import micromatch = require('micromatch');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import slash = require('slash');
 import StackUtils = require('stack-utils');
 import type {Config, TestResult} from '@jest/types';
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ const TITLE_INDENT = '  ';
 const MESSAGE_INDENT = '    ';
 const STACK_INDENT = '      ';
 const ANCESTRY_SEPARATOR = ' \u203A ';
-const TITLE_BULLET = chalk.bold('\u25CF ');
-const STACK_TRACE_COLOR = chalk.dim;
+const TITLE_BULLET = pico.bold('\u25CF ');
+const STACK_TRACE_COLOR = pico.dim;
 const STACK_PATH_REGEXP = /\s*at.*\(?(:\d*:\d*|native)\)?/;
 const EXEC_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'Test suite failed to run';
 const NOT_EMPTY_LINE_REGEXP = /^(?!$)/gm;
@@ -111,10 +111,14 @@ function checkForCommonEnvironmentErrors(error: string) {
 
 function warnAboutWrongTestEnvironment(error: string, env: 'jsdom' | 'node') {
   return (
-    chalk.bold.red(
-      `The error below may be caused by using the wrong test environment, see ${chalk.dim.underline(
-        'https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration#testenvironment-string',
-      )}.\nConsider using the "${env}" test environment.\n\n`,
+    pico.bold(
+      pico.red(
+        `The error below may be caused by using the wrong test environment, see ${pico.dim(
+          pico.underline(
+            'https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration#testenvironment-string',
+          ),
+        )}.\nConsider using the "${env}" test environment.\n\n`,
+      ),
     ) + error
   );
 }
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ export const formatPath = (
       micromatch([filePath], config.testMatch).length > 0) ||
     filePath === relativeTestPath
   ) {
-    filePath = chalk.reset.cyan(filePath);
+    filePath = pico.reset(pico.cyan(filePath));
   }
   return STACK_TRACE_COLOR(match[1]) + filePath + STACK_TRACE_COLOR(match[3]);
 };
@@ -488,12 +492,14 @@ export const formatResultsErrors = (
         content,
       );
 
-      const title = `${chalk.bold.red(
-        TITLE_INDENT +
-          TITLE_BULLET +
-          result.ancestorTitles.join(ANCESTRY_SEPARATOR) +
-          (result.ancestorTitles.length > 0 ? ANCESTRY_SEPARATOR : '') +
-          result.title,
+      const title = `${pico.bold(
+        pico.red(
+          TITLE_INDENT +
+            TITLE_BULLET +
+            result.ancestorTitles.join(ANCESTRY_SEPARATOR) +
+            (result.ancestorTitles.length > 0 ? ANCESTRY_SEPARATOR : '') +
+            result.title,
+        ),
       )}\n`;
 
       return `${title}\n${formatErrorStack(
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/package.json b/packages/jest-repl/package.json
index db8fd9e52753..0187a20d1825 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/package.json
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     "@jest/environment": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/transform": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "jest-config": "workspace:*",
     "jest-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-validate": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "repl": "^0.1.3",
     "yargs": "^17.3.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/runtime-cli.ts b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/runtime-cli.ts
index 5997b040a769..2bd6d66ae9bc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/runtime-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/runtime-cli.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as util from 'util';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import yargs = require('yargs');
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export async function run(
     }
   } catch (error: any) {
     console.error(
-      chalk.red(util.types.isNativeError(error) ? error.stack : error),
+      pico.red(util.types.isNativeError(error) ? error.stack : error),
     );
     process.on('exit', () => {
       process.exitCode = 1;
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/package.json b/packages/jest-reporters/package.json
index 82b70946c59f..f4af2eaa1596 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@jridgewell/trace-mapping": "^0.3.18",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "collect-v8-coverage": "^1.0.0",
     "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "glob": "^10.3.10",
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
     "jest-message-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-worker": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "string-length": "^4.0.1",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/CoverageReporter.ts b/packages/jest-reporters/src/CoverageReporter.ts
index 39b8636e39fa..efb6f64bf650 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/CoverageReporter.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/CoverageReporter.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {mergeProcessCovs} from '@bcoe/v8-coverage';
 import type {EncodedSourceMap} from '@jridgewell/trace-mapping';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import {glob} from 'glob';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import istanbulCoverage = require('istanbul-lib-coverage');
 import istanbulReport = require('istanbul-lib-report');
 import libSourceMaps = require('istanbul-lib-source-maps');
 import istanbulReports = require('istanbul-reports');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import v8toIstanbul = require('v8-to-istanbul');
 import type {
   AggregatedResult,
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import type {ReporterContext} from './types';
 
 type CoverageWorker = typeof import('./CoverageWorker');
 
-const FAIL_COLOR = chalk.bold.red;
-const RUNNING_TEST_COLOR = chalk.bold.dim;
-
 export default class CoverageReporter extends BaseReporter {
   private readonly _context: ReporterContext;
   private readonly _coverageMap: istanbulCoverage.CoverageMap;
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ export default class CoverageReporter extends BaseReporter {
       aggregatedResults.coverageMap = map;
     } catch (error: any) {
       console.error(
-        chalk.red(`
+        pico.red(`
         Failed to write coverage reports:
         ERROR: ${error.toString()}
         STACK: ${error.stack}
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ export default class CoverageReporter extends BaseReporter {
 
     if (isInteractive) {
       process.stderr.write(
-        RUNNING_TEST_COLOR('Running coverage on untested files...'),
+        pico.dim(pico.bold('Running coverage on untested files...')),
       );
     }
 
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ export default class CoverageReporter extends BaseReporter {
           }
         } catch (error: any) {
           console.error(
-            chalk.red(
+            pico.red(
               [
                 `Failed to collect coverage from ${filename}`,
                 `ERROR: ${error.message}`,
@@ -426,7 +423,7 @@ export default class CoverageReporter extends BaseReporter {
       );
 
       if (errors.length > 0) {
-        this.log(`${FAIL_COLOR(errors.join('\n'))}`);
+        this.log(`${pico.bold(pico.red(errors.join('\n')))}`);
         this._setError(new Error(errors.join('\n')));
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
index 68444f537ee2..434c9b70a4c9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi');
 import {makeProjectConfig} from '@jest/test-utils';
 import printDisplayName from '../printDisplayName';
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import wrapAnsiString from '../wrapAnsiString';
 describe('wrapAnsiString()', () => {
   it('wraps a long string containing ansi chars', () => {
     const string =
-      `abcde ${chalk.red.bold('red-bold')} 1234456` +
-      `${chalk.dim('bcd')} ` +
+      `abcde ${pico.red(pico.bold('red-bold'))} 1234456` +
+      `${pico.dim('bcd')} ` +
       '123ttttttththththththththththththththththththththth' +
-      `tetetetetettetetetetetetetete${chalk.underline.bold('stnhsnthsnth')}` +
+      `tetetetetettetetetetetetetete${pico.underline(pico.bold('stnhsnthsnth'))}` +
       'ssot';
     expect(wrapAnsiString(string, 10)).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(stripAnsi(wrapAnsiString(string, 10))).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/package.json b/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
index 984ee8a20b90..eff9cfef18bb 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
     "jest-haste-map": "workspace:*",
     "jest-pnp-resolver": "^1.2.2",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
     "jest-validate": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "resolve": "^1.20.0",
     "resolve.exports": "^2.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/isBuiltinModule.test.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/isBuiltinModule.test.ts
index 5d8412b27131..427717f8fa96 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/isBuiltinModule.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/isBuiltinModule.test.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ describe('isBuiltinModule', () => {
     expect(isBuiltinModule('path')).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('should return false for the `chalk` module', () => {
-    expect(isBuiltinModule('chalk')).toBe(false);
+  it('should return false for the `picocolors` module', () => {
+    expect(isBuiltinModule('picocolors')).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('should return true for the `_http_common` module', () => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
index 32bb4d8cd9f9..04d09c0a657b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import slash = require('slash');
 import type {IModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
 import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
@@ -838,17 +838,17 @@ const createNoMappedModuleFoundError = (
     : mappedModuleName;
 
   const error = new Error(
-    chalk.red(`${chalk.bold('Configuration error')}:
+    pico.red(`${pico.bold('Configuration error')}:
 
-Could not locate module ${chalk.bold(moduleName)} mapped as:
-${chalk.bold(mappedAs)}.
+Could not locate module ${pico.bold(moduleName)} mapped as:
+${pico.bold(mappedAs)}.
 
 Please check your configuration for these entries:
 {
   "moduleNameMapper": {
-    "${regex.toString()}": "${chalk.bold(original)}"
+    "${regex.toString()}": "${pico.bold(original)}"
   },
-  "resolver": ${chalk.bold(String(resolver))}
+  "resolver": ${pico.bold(String(resolver))}
 }`),
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/utils.ts
index 979a2f0921ac..af10db0b8a6f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/utils.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
 import Resolver from './resolver';
 
-const BULLET: string = chalk.bold('\u25CF ');
-const DOCUMENTATION_NOTE = `  ${chalk.bold('Configuration Documentation:')}
+const BULLET: string = pico.bold('\u25CF ');
+const DOCUMENTATION_NOTE = `  ${pico.bold('Configuration Documentation:')}
   https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration
 `;
 
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ const resolveWithPrefix = (
   } catch {}
 
   throw createValidationError(
-    `  ${humanOptionName} ${chalk.bold(
+    `  ${humanOptionName} ${pico.bold(
       fileName,
-    )} cannot be found. Make sure the ${chalk.bold(
+    )} cannot be found. Make sure the ${pico.bold(
       optionName,
     )} configuration option points to an existing node module.`,
   );
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/package.json b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
index 8ef53bfff624..5b7870560fb9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "@jest/transform": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "emittery": "^0.13.1",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
     "jest-docblock": "workspace:*",
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
     "jest-watcher": "workspace:*",
     "jest-worker": "workspace:*",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
index f55f2791f262..23726a40ac51 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import Emittery = require('emittery');
 import pLimit = require('p-limit');
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import type {
   Test,
   TestEvents,
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export default class TestRunner extends EmittingTestRunner {
       const {forceExited} = await worker.end();
       if (forceExited) {
         console.error(
-          chalk.yellow(
+          pico.yellow(
             'A worker process has failed to exit gracefully and has been force exited. ' +
               'This is likely caused by tests leaking due to improper teardown. ' +
               'Try running with --detectOpenHandles to find leaks. ' +
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
index 5a20296dd21e..8edadafbdc78 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 import {runInContext} from 'node:vm';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import * as pico from 'picocolors';
 import sourcemapSupport = require('source-map-support');
 import {
   BufferedConsole,
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function freezeConsole(
     message: LogMessage,
   ) {
     const error = new ErrorWithStack(
-      `${chalk.red(
-        `${chalk.bold(
+      `${pico.red(
+        `${pico.bold(
           'Cannot log after tests are done.',
         )} Did you forget to wait for something async in your test?`,
       )}\nAttempted to log "${message}".`,
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 04d8286a5af5..756ad940e29b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "@jest/transform": "workspace:*",
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "*",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "cjs-module-lexer": "^1.0.0",
     "collect-v8-coverage": "^1.0.0",
     "glob": "^10.3.10",
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
     "jest-resolve": "workspace:*",
     "jest-snapshot": "workspace:*",
     "jest-util": "workspace:*",
+    "picocolors": "^1.0.1",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-bom": "^4.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index 477be4b7ef22..114f2e935743 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ type ModuleRegistry = Map<string, InitialModule | Module>;
 // users who require one of these modules in their tests will still get the module from inside the VM.
 // Prefer listing a module here only if it is impractical to use the jest-resolve-outside-vm-option where it is required,
 // e.g. because there are many require sites spread across the dependency graph.
-const INTERNAL_MODULE_REQUIRE_OUTSIDE_OPTIMIZED_MODULES = new Set(['chalk']);
+const INTERNAL_MODULE_REQUIRE_OUTSIDE_OPTIMIZED_MODULES = new Set([
+  'picocolors',
+]);
 const JEST_RESOLVE_OUTSIDE_VM_OPTION = Symbol.for(
   'jest-resolve-outside-vm-option',
 );
diff --git a/scripts/build.mjs b/scripts/build.mjs
index 0f919d1a869c..29038aa17495 100644
--- a/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {strict as assert} from 'assert';
 import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import util from 'util';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import {
   ERROR,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
 async function buildNodePackages() {
-  process.stdout.write(chalk.inverse(' Bundling packages \n'));
+  process.stdout.write(pico.inverse(' Bundling packages \n'));
 
   const buildConfigs = createBuildConfigs();
 
diff --git a/scripts/buildTs.mjs b/scripts/buildTs.mjs
index bdd931651815..e730dcdbcbb4 100644
--- a/scripts/buildTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/buildTs.mjs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 import {strict as assert} from 'assert';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import {glob} from 'glob';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
 import {getPackagesWithTsConfig} from './buildUtils.mjs';
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ for (const {packageDir, pkg} of packagesWithTs) {
 
   if (hasJestTestUtils) {
     throw new Error(
-      chalk.red(
+      pico.red(
         `Package '${pkg.name}' declares '@jest/test-utils' as dependency, but it must be declared as dev dependency`,
       ),
     );
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ for (const {packageDir, pkg} of packagesWithTs) {
 
   if (hasJestTestUtils && testUtilsReferences.length === 0) {
     throw new Error(
-      chalk.red(
+      pico.red(
         `Package '${
           pkg.name
         }' declares '@jest/test-utils' as dev dependency, but it is not referenced in:\n\n${tsConfigPaths.join(
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ for (const {packageDir, pkg} of packagesWithTs) {
 
   if (!hasJestTestUtils && testUtilsReferences.length > 0) {
     throw new Error(
-      chalk.red(
+      pico.red(
         `Package '${
           pkg.name
         }' does not declare '@jest/test-utils' as dev dependency, but it is referenced in:\n\n${testUtilsReferences.join(
@@ -159,21 +159,23 @@ const args = [
   ...process.argv.slice(2),
 ];
 
-console.log(chalk.inverse(' Building TypeScript definition files '));
+console.log(pico.inverse(' Building TypeScript definition files '));
 
 try {
   await execa('yarn', args, {stdio: 'inherit'});
   console.log(
-    chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully built TypeScript definition files '),
+    pico.inverse(
+      pico.green(' Successfully built TypeScript definition files '),
+    ),
   );
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(
-    chalk.inverse.red(' Unable to build TypeScript definition files '),
+    pico.inverse(pico.red(' Unable to build TypeScript definition files ')),
   );
   throw error;
 }
 
-console.log(chalk.inverse(' Validating TypeScript definition files '));
+console.log(pico.inverse(' Validating TypeScript definition files '));
 
 // we want to limit the number of processes we spawn
 const cpus = Math.max(
@@ -219,8 +221,8 @@ try {
           .filter(([, content]) => content.length > 0)
           .filter(hit => hit.length > 0)
           .map(([file, references]) =>
-            chalk.red(
-              `${chalk.bold(
+            pico.red(
+              `${pico.bold(
                 file,
               )} has the following non-node type references:\n\n${references}\n`,
             ),
@@ -251,12 +253,14 @@ try {
   );
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(
-    chalk.inverse.red(' Unable to validate TypeScript definition files '),
+    pico.inverse(pico.red(' Unable to validate TypeScript definition files ')),
   );
 
   throw error;
 }
 
 console.log(
-  chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully validated TypeScript definition files '),
+  pico.inverse(
+    pico.green(' Successfully validated TypeScript definition files '),
+  ),
 );
diff --git a/scripts/buildUtils.mjs b/scripts/buildUtils.mjs
index a92a16df950b..7dc27788f62a 100644
--- a/scripts/buildUtils.mjs
+++ b/scripts/buildUtils.mjs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {strict as assert} from 'assert';
 import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import {sync as readPkg} from 'read-pkg';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import nodeExternals from 'webpack-node-externals';
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export const PACKAGES_DIR = path.resolve(
 );
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
-export const OK = chalk.reset.inverse.bold.green(' DONE ');
-export const ERROR = chalk.reset.inverse.bold.red(' BOOM ');
+export const OK = pico.reset(pico.inverse(pico.bold(pico.green(' DONE '))));
+export const ERROR = pico.reset(pico.inverse(pico.bold(pico.red(' BOOM '))));
 
 export const typeOnlyPackages = new Set([
   'babel-preset-jest',
diff --git a/scripts/bundleTs.mjs b/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
index f506d4a08507..f1cd0175bd86 100644
--- a/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import {
   Extractor,
   ExtractorConfig,
 } from '@microsoft/api-extractor';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {ESLint} from 'eslint';
 import {glob} from 'glob';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import pkgDir from 'pkg-dir';
 import {rimraf} from 'rimraf';
 import {copyrightSnippet, getPackagesWithTsConfig} from './buildUtils.mjs';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const packagesToBundle = getPackagesWithTsConfig().filter(
   p => !excludedPackages.has(p.pkg.name),
 );
 
-console.log(chalk.inverse(' Extracting TypeScript definition files '));
+console.log(pico.inverse(' Extracting TypeScript definition files '));
 
 const sharedExtractorConfig = {
   $schema:
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ let compilerState;
 await Promise.all(
   packagesToBundle.map(async ({packageDir, pkg}) => {
     const configFile = path.resolve(packageDir, 'api-extractor.json');
-
     await fs.promises.writeFile(
       configFile,
       JSON.stringify(
@@ -151,7 +150,9 @@ await Promise.all(
 
     if (!extractorResult.succeeded || extractorResult.warningCount > 0) {
       console.error(
-        chalk.inverse.red(' Unable to extract TypeScript definition files '),
+        pico.inverse(
+          pico.red(' Unable to extract TypeScript definition files '),
+        ),
       );
       throw new Error(
         `API Extractor completed with ${extractorResult.errorCount} errors and ${extractorResult.warningCount} warnings`,
@@ -232,5 +233,7 @@ await Promise.all(
 );
 
 console.log(
-  chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully extracted TypeScript definition files '),
+  pico.inverse(
+    pico.green(' Successfully extracted TypeScript definition files '),
+  ),
 );
diff --git a/scripts/lintTs.mjs b/scripts/lintTs.mjs
index 5f92e8380c9e..cfddc6d4451a 100644
--- a/scripts/lintTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lintTs.mjs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as url from 'url';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {ESLint} from 'eslint';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import {getPackagesWithTsConfig} from './buildUtils.mjs';
 
 // we want to limit the number of processes we spawn
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ try {
   );
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(
-    chalk.inverse.red(' Unable to lint using TypeScript info files '),
+    pico.inverse(pico.red(' Unable to lint using TypeScript info files ')),
   );
 
   throw error;
@@ -192,12 +192,14 @@ if (allLintResults.length > 0) {
   console.error(resultText);
 
   console.error(
-    chalk.inverse.red(' Unable to lint using TypeScript info files '),
+    pico.inverse(pico.red(' Unable to lint using TypeScript info files ')),
   );
 
   process.exitCode = 1;
 } else {
   console.log(
-    chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully linted using TypeScript info files '),
+    pico.inverse(
+      pico.green(' Successfully linted using TypeScript info files '),
+    ),
   );
 }
diff --git a/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs b/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
index 574e9fef9c2a..583196b2dec1 100644
--- a/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
 /* eslint-disable import/order */
 import tempy from 'tempy';
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ function smoketest() {
     execa.sync('yarn', ['tsc', '--project', '.'], {cwd, stdio: 'inherit'});
 
     console.log(
-      chalk.inverse.green(
-        ` Successfully compiled Jest with TypeScript ${tsVersion} `,
+      pico.inverse(
+        pico.green(` Successfully compiled Jest with TypeScript ${tsVersion} `),
       ),
     );
   } finally {
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ function smoketest() {
   }
 }
 
-console.log(chalk.inverse(` Running smoketest using TypeScript@${tsVersion} `));
+console.log(pico.inverse(` Running smoketest using TypeScript@${tsVersion} `));
 smoketest();
-console.log(chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully ran smoketest '));
+console.log(pico.inverse(pico.green(' Successfully ran smoketest ')));
diff --git a/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs b/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
index 31ace2088a11..b85bbecd9aed 100644
--- a/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import tempy from 'tempy';
 
 const rootDirectory = path.resolve(
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ try {
   });
   execa.sync('yarn', ['jest'], {cwd, stdio: 'inherit'});
 
-  console.log(chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully ran Jest with PnP linker '));
+  console.log(
+    pico.inverse(pico.green(' Successfully ran Jest with PnP linker ')),
+  );
 } finally {
   fs.rmSync(cwd, {force: true, recursive: true});
 }
diff --git a/scripts/watch.mjs b/scripts/watch.mjs
index 15900562c028..e95ebeeff135 100644
--- a/scripts/watch.mjs
+++ b/scripts/watch.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Watch files for changes and rebuild (copy from 'src/' to `build/`) if changed
  */
 
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import pico from 'picocolors';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import {createWebpackConfigs} from './buildUtils.mjs';
 
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ const compiler = webpack(createWebpackConfigs());
 
 let hasBuilt = false;
 
-console.log(chalk.inverse(' Bundling packages '));
+console.log(pico.inverse(' Bundling packages '));
 
 compiler.watch({}, (error, stats) => {
   if (!hasBuilt) {
     hasBuilt = true;
 
-    console.log(chalk.red('->'), chalk.cyan('Watching for changes…'));
+    console.log(pico.red('->'), pico.cyan('Watching for changes…'));
   }
 
   if (error) {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ compiler.watch({}, (error, stats) => {
         console.warn('warning', warning.message);
       }
     } else {
-      console.log(chalk.red('->'), chalk.green('Rebuilt packages'));
+      console.log(pico.red('->'), pico.green('Rebuilt packages'));
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3fbf9bd66357..a6b1f0a3f8b8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3101,9 +3101,9 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/test-utils": "workspace:*"
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/node": "*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     jest-message-util: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     slash: ^3.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -3125,7 +3125,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/micromatch": ^4.0.7
     "@types/node": "*"
     ansi-escapes: ^4.2.1
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     ci-info: ^4.0.0
     exit: ^0.1.2
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
@@ -3143,6 +3142,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-validate: "workspace:*"
     jest-watcher: "workspace:*"
     micromatch: ^4.0.8
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
     slash: ^3.0.0
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.0
@@ -3279,7 +3279,6 @@ __metadata:
     babel-jest: "workspace:*"
     babel-loader: ^9.0.0
     camelcase: ^6.2.0
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     dedent: ^1.0.0
     eslint: ^8.8.0
     eslint-config-prettier: ^9.0.0
@@ -3317,6 +3316,7 @@ __metadata:
     netlify-plugin-cache: ^1.0.3
     node-notifier: ^10.0.0
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pkg-dir: ^5.0.0
     prettier: ^3.0.3
     promise: ^8.0.2
@@ -3367,7 +3367,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/istanbul-reports": ^3.0.0
     "@types/node": "*"
     "@types/node-notifier": ^8.0.0
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     collect-v8-coverage: ^1.0.0
     exit: ^0.1.2
     glob: ^10.3.10
@@ -3383,6 +3382,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-worker: "workspace:*"
     mock-fs: ^5.1.2
     node-notifier: ^10.0.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     slash: ^3.0.0
     string-length: ^4.0.1
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.0
@@ -7052,8 +7052,8 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     babel-plugin-istanbul: ^7.0.0
     babel-preset-jest: "workspace:*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     slash: ^3.0.0
   peerDependencies:
     "@babel/core": ^7.11.0
@@ -8503,11 +8503,11 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/exit": ^0.1.30
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/prompts": ^2.0.1
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     exit: ^0.1.2
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
     jest-config: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     prompts: ^2.0.1
   bin:
     create-jest: ./bin/create-jest.js
@@ -13151,6 +13151,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-snapshot: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
     pure-rand: ^6.0.0
     slash: ^3.0.0
@@ -13168,12 +13169,12 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/exit": ^0.1.30
     "@types/yargs": ^17.0.8
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     exit: ^0.1.2
     import-local: ^3.0.2
     jest-config: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
     jest-validate: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     yargs: ^17.3.1
   peerDependencies:
     node-notifier: ^8.0.1 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0
@@ -13197,7 +13198,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/micromatch": ^4.0.7
     "@types/parse-json": ^4.0.0
     babel-jest: "workspace:*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     ci-info: ^4.0.0
     deepmerge: ^4.2.2
     esbuild: ^0.23.0
@@ -13215,6 +13215,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-validate: "workspace:*"
     micromatch: ^4.0.8
     parse-json: ^5.2.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
     semver: ^7.5.3
     slash: ^3.0.0
@@ -13240,9 +13241,9 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "jest-diff@workspace:packages/jest-diff"
   dependencies:
     "@jest/test-utils": "workspace:*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     diff-sequences: "workspace:*"
     jest-get-type: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.0
   languageName: unknown
@@ -13262,9 +13263,9 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "jest-each@workspace:packages/jest-each"
   dependencies:
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     jest-get-type: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -13350,7 +13351,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/co": ^4.6.2
     "@types/node": "*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     co: ^4.6.0
     is-generator-fn: ^2.0.0
     jest-each: "workspace:*"
@@ -13360,6 +13360,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-snapshot: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -13392,9 +13393,9 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@jest/test-utils": "workspace:*"
     "@types/node": "*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     jest-diff: "workspace:*"
     jest-get-type: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -13426,9 +13427,9 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/micromatch": ^4.0.7
     "@types/stack-utils": ^2.0.0
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
     micromatch: ^4.0.8
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     pretty-format: "workspace:*"
     slash: ^3.0.0
     stack-utils: ^2.0.3
@@ -13490,12 +13491,12 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/transform": "workspace:*"
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/yargs": ^17.0.8
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     execa: ^5.0.0
     jest-config: "workspace:*"
     jest-runtime: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
     jest-validate: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     repl: ^0.1.3
     yargs: ^17.3.1
   bin:
@@ -13525,12 +13526,12 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/pnpapi": ^0.0.5
     "@types/resolve": ^1.20.2
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
     jest-haste-map: "workspace:*"
     jest-pnp-resolver: ^1.2.2
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
     jest-validate: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     resolve: ^1.20.0
     resolve.exports: ^2.0.0
     slash: ^3.0.0
@@ -13551,7 +13552,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/node": "*"
     "@types/source-map-support": ^0.5.0
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     emittery: ^0.13.1
     graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
     jest-docblock: "workspace:*"
@@ -13566,6 +13566,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-watcher: "workspace:*"
     jest-worker: "workspace:*"
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     source-map-support: 0.5.13
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -13584,7 +13585,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/node": "*"
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
     cjs-module-lexer: ^1.0.0
     collect-v8-coverage: ^1.0.0
     glob: ^10.3.10
@@ -13597,6 +13597,7 @@ __metadata:
     jest-resolve: "workspace:*"
     jest-snapshot: "workspace:*"
     jest-util: "workspace:*"
+    picocolors: ^1.0.1
     slash: ^3.0.0
     strip-bom: ^4.0.0
   languageName: unknown