diff --git a/lib/concordance-options.js b/lib/concordance-options.js
index 3e5fbf4be..141cba7f8 100644
--- a/lib/concordance-options.js
+++ b/lib/concordance-options.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import {inspect} from 'node:util';
+import {inspect, stripVTControlCharacters} from 'node:util';
 
 import ansiStyles from 'ansi-styles';
 import {Chalk} from 'chalk'; // eslint-disable-line unicorn/import-style
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 
 import {chalk} from './chalk.js';
 
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ const colorTheme = {
 	undefined: ansiStyles.yellow,
 };
 
-const plainTheme = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(colorTheme), (_name, value) => typeof value === 'string' ? stripAnsi(value) : value);
+const plainTheme = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(colorTheme), (_name, value) => typeof value === 'string' ? stripVTControlCharacters(value) : value);
 
 const theme = chalk.level > 0 ? colorTheme : plainTheme;
 
diff --git a/lib/reporters/tap.js b/lib/reporters/tap.js
index 258c927fc..21878d6d6 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/tap.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/tap.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import {stripVTControlCharacters} from 'node:util';
 
 import indentString from 'indent-string';
 import plur from 'plur';
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import * as supertap from 'supertap';
 
 import prefixTitle from './prefix-title.js';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function dumpError({
 	if (type === 'unknown') {
 		return {
 			message: 'Non-native error',
-			formatted: stripAnsi(formattedError),
+			formatted: stripVTControlCharacters(formattedError),
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ function dumpError({
 
 		if (formattedDetails.length > 0) {
 			originalError.details = Object.fromEntries(formattedDetails.map(({label, formatted}) => [
-				stripAnsi(label),
-				stripAnsi(formatted),
+				stripVTControlCharacters(label),
+				stripVTControlCharacters(formatted),
 			]));
 		}
 	}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default class TapReporter {
 	}
 
 	writeComment(evt, {title = this.prefixTitle(evt.testFile, evt.title)}) {
-		this.reportStream.write(`# ${stripAnsi(title)}${os.EOL}`);
+		this.reportStream.write(`# ${stripVTControlCharacters(title)}${os.EOL}`);
 		if (evt.logs) {
 			for (const log of evt.logs) {
 				const logLines = indentString(log, 4).replaceAll(/^ {4}/gm, '#   ');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fe4112682..e735c84df 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 				"pretty-ms": "^9.2.0",
 				"resolve-cwd": "^3.0.0",
 				"stack-utils": "^2.0.6",
-				"strip-ansi": "^7.1.0",
 				"supertap": "^3.0.1",
 				"temp-dir": "^3.0.0",
 				"write-file-atomic": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dfa0b63e1..1f4e1cf91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
 		"pretty-ms": "^9.2.0",
 		"resolve-cwd": "^3.0.0",
 		"stack-utils": "^2.0.6",
-		"strip-ansi": "^7.1.0",
 		"supertap": "^3.0.1",
 		"temp-dir": "^3.0.0",
 		"write-file-atomic": "^6.0.0",
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"volta": {
-		"node": "22.16.0",
-		"npm": "11.4.1"
+		"node": "22.21.1",
+		"npm": "11.6.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test-tap/assert.js b/test-tap/assert.js
index 9f47de960..ae0fd3bac 100644
--- a/test-tap/assert.js
+++ b/test-tap/assert.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {stripVTControlCharacters} from 'node:util';
 
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import {test} from 'tap';
 
 import * as assert from '../lib/assert.js';
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ function assertFailure(t, subset) {
 	if (subset.formattedDetails) {
 		t.equal(lastFailure.formattedDetails.length, subset.formattedDetails.length);
 		for (const [i, s] of lastFailure.formattedDetails.entries()) {
-			t.equal(stripAnsi(s.label), subset.formattedDetails[i].label);
-			t.match(stripAnsi(s.formatted), subset.formattedDetails[i].formatted);
+			t.equal(stripVTControlCharacters(s.label), subset.formattedDetails[i].label);
+			t.match(stripVTControlCharacters(s.formatted), subset.formattedDetails[i].formatted);
 		}
 	} else {
 		t.same(lastFailure.formattedDetails, []);
diff --git a/test-tap/integration/assorted.js b/test-tap/integration/assorted.js
index 694b47c6f..91cefff66 100644
--- a/test-tap/integration/assorted.js
+++ b/test-tap/integration/assorted.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import childProcess from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {stripVTControlCharacters} from 'node:util';
 
 import ciInfo from 'ci-info';
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import {test} from 'tap';
 
 import {execCli} from '../helper/cli.js';
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test('tests without assertions do not fail if failWithoutAssertions option is se
 test('--no-color disables formatting colors', t => {
 	execCli(['--no-color', 'formatting-color.cjs'], (error, stdout) => {
 		t.ok(error);
-		t.equal(stripAnsi(stdout), stdout);
+		t.equal(stripVTControlCharacters(stdout), stdout);
 		t.end();
 	});
 });
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test('--no-color disables formatting colors', t => {
 test('--color enables formatting colors', t => {
 	execCli(['--color', 'formatting-color.cjs'], (error, stdout) => {
 		t.ok(error);
-		t.not(stripAnsi(stdout), stdout);
+		t.not(stripVTControlCharacters(stdout), stdout);
 		t.end();
 	});
 });
diff --git a/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.md b/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.md
index 7d97da549..174c6b260 100644
--- a/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.md
+++ b/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.md
@@ -298,14 +298,9 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     ␊
       Assertion failed: ␊
     ␊
-      The expression evaluated to a falsy value:␊
-    ␊
-        assert.ok(false)␊
-    ␊
-      AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: The expression evaluated to a falsy value:␊
-    ␊
-        assert.ok(false)␊
+      false == true␊
     ␊
+      AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: false == true␊
           at ---␊
           at ---␊
           at ---␊
@@ -395,14 +390,9 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     ␊
       Assertion failed: ␊
     ␊
-      The expression evaluated to a falsy value:␊
-    ␊
-        assert.ok(false)␊
-    ␊
-      AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: The expression evaluated to a falsy value:␊
-    ␊
-        assert.ok(false)␊
+      false == true␊
     ␊
+      AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: false == true␊
           at ---␊
           at ---␊
           at ---␊
diff --git a/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.snap b/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.snap
index 52bc4f0fb..3b34f8e5b 100644
Binary files a/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.snap and b/test/external-assertions/snapshots/test.js.snap differ