diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6f3793..f4943f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ your node.js scripts.
 
 - Customizable characters that constitute the table.
 - Color/background styling in the header through
-  [colors.js](http://github.com/marak/colors.js)
+  [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk)
 - Column width customization
 - Text truncation based on predefined widths
 - Text alignment (left, right, center)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ your node.js scripts.
 
 ## Installation
 
-```bash    
+```bash
 npm install cli-table
 ```
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ $ make test
 
 [![huntr](https://cdn.huntr.dev/huntr_security_badge_mono.svg)](https://huntr.dev)
 
-## License 
+## License
 
 (The MIT License)
 
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c8d1790..d2b8ac8 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var colors = require('colors/safe')
+var chalk = require('chalk')
   , utils = require('./utils')
   , repeat = utils.repeat
   , truncate = utils.truncate
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Table.prototype.toString = function (){
     if (!subject)
       return '';
     styles.forEach(function(style) {
-      subject = colors[style](subject);
+      subject = chalk[style](subject);
     });
     return subject;
   };
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 1cb8072..7aaddf8 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function options(defaults, opts) {
 exports.options = options;
 
 //
-// For consideration of terminal "color" programs like colors.js,
+// For consideration of terminal "color" programs like chalk,
 // which can add ANSI escape color codes to strings,
 // we destyle the ANSI color escape codes for padding calculations.
 //
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 357050c..3869b42 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "cli-table",
-  "version": "0.3.11",
+  "version": "0.3.11-dev",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cli-table",
-      "version": "0.3.11",
+      "version": "0.3.11-dev",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "colors": "1.0.3"
+        "chalk": "^4.1.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "expresso": "~0.9",
@@ -18,14 +19,51 @@
         "node": ">= 0.2.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/colors": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/colors/-/colors-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-BDP0TYCWgP3rYO0mDxsMJi6CpAs=",
+    "node_modules/ansi-styles": {
+      "version": "4.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zbB9rCJAT1rbjiVDb2hqKFHNYLxgtk8NURxZ3IZwD3F6NtxbXZQCnnSi1Lkx+IDohdPlFp222wVALIheZJQSEg==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color-convert": "^2.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/chalk": {
+      "version": "4.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oKnbhFyRIXpUuez8iBMmyEa4nbj4IOQyuhc/wy9kY7/WVPcwIO9VA668Pu8RkO7+0G76SLROeyw9CpQ061i4mA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-styles": "^4.1.0",
+        "supports-color": "^7.1.0"
+      },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.1.90"
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/color-convert": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RRECPsj7iu/xb5oKYcsFHSppFNnsj/52OVTRKb4zP5onXwVF3zVmmToNcOfGC+CRDpfK/U584fMg38ZHCaElKQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color-name": "~1.1.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=7.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/color-name": {
+      "version": "1.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA=="
+    },
     "node_modules/expresso": {
       "version": "0.9.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expresso/-/expresso-0.9.2.tgz",
@@ -40,6 +78,14 @@
         "node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/has-flag": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EykJT/Q1KjTWctppgIAgfSO0tKVuZUjhgMr17kqTumMl6Afv3EISleU7qZUzoXDFTAHTDC4NOoG/ZxU3EvlMPQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/should": {
       "version": "0.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/should/-/should-0.6.3.tgz",
@@ -48,13 +94,49 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.2.0"
       }
+    },
+    "node_modules/supports-color": {
+      "version": "7.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qpCAvRl9stuOHveKsn7HncJRvv501qIacKzQlO/+Lwxc9+0q2wLyv4Dfvt80/DPn2pqOBsJdDiogXGR9+OvwRw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "has-flag": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "colors": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/colors/-/colors-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-BDP0TYCWgP3rYO0mDxsMJi6CpAs="
+    "ansi-styles": {
+      "version": "4.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zbB9rCJAT1rbjiVDb2hqKFHNYLxgtk8NURxZ3IZwD3F6NtxbXZQCnnSi1Lkx+IDohdPlFp222wVALIheZJQSEg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "color-convert": "^2.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "chalk": {
+      "version": "4.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oKnbhFyRIXpUuez8iBMmyEa4nbj4IOQyuhc/wy9kY7/WVPcwIO9VA668Pu8RkO7+0G76SLROeyw9CpQ061i4mA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "ansi-styles": "^4.1.0",
+        "supports-color": "^7.1.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "color-convert": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RRECPsj7iu/xb5oKYcsFHSppFNnsj/52OVTRKb4zP5onXwVF3zVmmToNcOfGC+CRDpfK/U584fMg38ZHCaElKQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "color-name": "~1.1.4"
+      }
+    },
+    "color-name": {
+      "version": "1.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA=="
     },
     "expresso": {
       "version": "0.9.2",
@@ -62,11 +144,24 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-F3smCQisrr5F7hbd90SVo/VYYug=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "has-flag": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EykJT/Q1KjTWctppgIAgfSO0tKVuZUjhgMr17kqTumMl6Afv3EISleU7qZUzoXDFTAHTDC4NOoG/ZxU3EvlMPQ=="
+    },
     "should": {
       "version": "0.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/should/-/should-0.6.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-1LVTNciQjzpsR5cLaH91A3Ks3HM=",
       "dev": true
+    },
+    "supports-color": {
+      "version": "7.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qpCAvRl9stuOHveKsn7HncJRvv501qIacKzQlO/+Lwxc9+0q2wLyv4Dfvt80/DPn2pqOBsJdDiogXGR9+OvwRw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "has-flag": "^4.0.0"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58595c5..3ca33ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   },
   "keywords": ["cli", "colors", "table"],
   "dependencies": {
-    "colors": "1.0.3"
+    "chalk": "^4.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "expresso": "~0.9",