diff --git a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/package.json b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/package.json
index ec4a76dc..66377d68 100644
--- a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
     "vite-plugin-dts": "3.5.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "5.3.0"
+    "kleur": "4.1.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/src/utils/text.ts b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/src/utils/text.ts
index 446dffb6..7cc91d83 100644
--- a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/src/utils/text.ts
+++ b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/src/utils/text.ts
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-import { Chalk } from 'chalk'
-
-const chalk = new Chalk({ level: 1 })
-
-export const green = (text: string) => chalk.green(text)
-export const gray = (text: string) => chalk.gray(text)
-export const red = (text: string) => chalk.red(text)
-export const bold = (text: string) => chalk.bold(text)
+export { green, gray, red, bold } from 'kleur/colors'
diff --git a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/vite.config.ts b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/vite.config.ts
index 673b2485..92616143 100644
--- a/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite/vite.config.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       fileName: 'index',
     },
     rollupOptions: {
-      external: ['querystring', 'fs', 'path', 'chalk'],
+      external: ['querystring', 'fs', 'path'],
     },
   },
 })
diff --git a/scripts/dev-template.mjs b/scripts/dev-template.mjs
index 2a2b6014..8a8d0b0f 100755
--- a/scripts/dev-template.mjs
+++ b/scripts/dev-template.mjs
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import { $ } from 'zx'
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
 import path from 'path'
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line functional/immutable-data
+process.env.FORCE_COLOR = '1'
+
 const template = process.argv[3]
 if (!template) {
   console.error('[ERROR] This script requires a template name as an argument.')
@@ -35,21 +38,21 @@ file = file.replace(
     alias: [{
       find: /^@storyblok\\/field-plugin$/,
       replacement: '${path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    '../packages/field-plugin/src/index.ts',
-  )}'
+        __dirname,
+        '../packages/field-plugin/src/index.ts',
+      )}'
     }, {
       find: /^@storyblok\\/field-plugin\\/vue3$/,
       replacement: '${path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    '../packages/field-plugin/helpers/vue3/src/index.ts',
-  )}'
+        __dirname,
+        '../packages/field-plugin/helpers/vue3/src/index.ts',
+      )}'
     }, {
       find: /^@storyblok\\/field-plugin\\/react$/,
       replacement: '${path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    '../packages/field-plugin/helpers/react/src/index.ts',
-  )}'
+        __dirname,
+        '../packages/field-plugin/helpers/react/src/index.ts',
+      )}'
     }]
   },
   plugins:`,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ed9fe2e2..6bf5f746 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3925,13 +3925,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"chalk@npm:5.3.0, chalk@npm:^5.0.0, chalk@npm:^5.2.0":
-  version: 5.3.0
-  resolution: "chalk@npm:5.3.0"
-  checksum: 623922e077b7d1e9dedaea6f8b9e9352921f8ae3afe739132e0e00c275971bdd331268183b2628cf4ab1727c45ea1f28d7e24ac23ce1db1eb653c414ca8a5a80
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "chalk@npm:^2.0.0":
   version: 2.4.2
   resolution: "chalk@npm:2.4.2"
@@ -3953,6 +3946,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"chalk@npm:^5.0.0, chalk@npm:^5.2.0":
+  version: 5.3.0
+  resolution: "chalk@npm:5.3.0"
+  checksum: 623922e077b7d1e9dedaea6f8b9e9352921f8ae3afe739132e0e00c275971bdd331268183b2628cf4ab1727c45ea1f28d7e24ac23ce1db1eb653c414ca8a5a80
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "char-regex@npm:^1.0.2":
   version: 1.0.2
   resolution: "char-regex@npm:1.0.2"
@@ -6305,7 +6305,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "helper-vite@workspace:packages/field-plugin/helpers/vite"
   dependencies:
-    chalk: 5.3.0
+    kleur: 4.1.5
     typescript: ^5.0.2
     vite: ^4.4.5
     vite-plugin-dts: 3.5.0