diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2e63b21f..574932a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -663,17 +663,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colored"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3616f750b84d8f0de8a58bda93e08e2a81ad3f523089b05f1dffecab48c6cbd"
-dependencies = [
- "atty",
- "lazy_static",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "console"
 version = "0.14.1"
@@ -1467,7 +1456,6 @@ name = "ethers-solc"
 version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "colored",
  "criterion",
  "dunce",
  "env_logger",
@@ -1500,6 +1488,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "walkdir",
+ "yansi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml b/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
index 439eab54..fd103ba5 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ regex = "1.6.0"
 md-5 = "0.10.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 hex = "0.4.3"
-colored = "2.0.0"
+yansi = "0.5.1"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 tracing = "0.1.36"
 num_cpus = "1.13.1"
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/artifacts/mod.rs b/ethers-solc/src/artifacts/mod.rs
index e132e32f..d27c1331 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/artifacts/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/artifacts/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 use crate::{
     compile::*, error::SolcIoError, remappings::Remapping, utils, ProjectPathsConfig, SolcError,
 };
-use colored::Colorize;
 use ethers_core::abi::Abi;
 use md5::Digest;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 use tracing::warn;
+use yansi::Paint;
 
 pub mod ast;
 pub use ast::*;
@@ -1687,15 +1687,15 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             match self.severity {
                 Severity::Error => {
                     if let Some(code) = self.error_code {
-                        format!("error[{}]: ", code).as_str().red().fmt(f)?;
+                        Paint::red(format!("error[{}]: ", code)).fmt(f)?;
                     }
-                    msg.as_str().red().fmt(f)
+                    Paint::red(msg).fmt(f)
                 }
                 Severity::Warning | Severity::Info => {
                     if let Some(code) = self.error_code {
-                        format!("warning[{}]: ", code).as_str().yellow().fmt(f)?;
+                        Paint::yellow(format!("warning[{}]: ", code)).fmt(f)?;
                     }
-                    msg.as_str().yellow().fmt(f)
+                    Paint::yellow(msg).fmt(f)
                 }
             }
         } else {
@@ -1715,8 +1715,8 @@ pub enum Severity {
 impl fmt::Display for Severity {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            Severity::Error => f.write_str(&"Error".red()),
-            Severity::Warning => f.write_str(&"Warning".yellow()),
+            Severity::Error => Paint::red("Error").fmt(f),
+            Severity::Warning => Paint::yellow("Warning").fmt(f),
             Severity::Info => f.write_str("Info"),
         }
     }