diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1e7b7797..84da9ae8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -110,15 +110,6 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.13"
@@ -1251,7 +1242,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "deltachat"
 version = "1.142.11"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
  "async-channel 2.3.1",
@@ -1290,6 +1280,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "mailparse",
  "mime",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
  "num_cpus",
@@ -1370,11 +1361,11 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "deltachat-repl"
 version = "1.142.11"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
  "dirs",
  "log",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
  "rusqlite",
  "rustyline",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 50000a591..eb6b23581 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ url = "2"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ansi_term = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true, features = ["backtrace"] } # Enable `backtrace` feature in tests.
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["async_tokio"] }
 futures-lite = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+nu-ansi-term = { workspace = true }
 proptest = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 testdir = "0.9.0"
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ harness = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
-ansi_term = "0.12.1"
 async-channel = "2.3.1"
 base64 = "0.22"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false }
@@ -170,6 +169,7 @@ futures = "0.3.30"
 futures-lite = "2.3.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
+nu-ansi-term = "0.46"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 rand = "0.8"
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 4de00b872..8fdfcde6c 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust"
 
 [dependencies]
-ansi_term = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 deltachat = { workspace = true, features = ["internals"]}
 dirs = "5"
 log = { workspace = true }
+nu-ansi-term = { workspace = true }
 rusqlite = { workspace = true }
 rustyline = "14"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs b/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
index 9881c4edf..05185c810 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
+++ b/deltachat-repl/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use std::borrow::Cow::{self, Borrowed, Owned};
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::process::Command;
 
-use ansi_term::Color;
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use deltachat::chat::ChatId;
 use deltachat::config;
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ use deltachat::qr_code_generator::get_securejoin_qr_svg;
 use deltachat::securejoin::*;
 use deltachat::EventType;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
+use nu_ansi_term::Color;
 use rustyline::completion::{Completer, FilenameCompleter, Pair};
 use rustyline::error::ReadlineError;
 use rustyline::highlight::{Highlighter, MatchingBracketHighlighter};
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 0bb9bde7d..81f545725 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ ignore = [
     # <https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0071>
     "RUSTSEC-2023-0071",
 
-    # Unmaintained ansi_term
-    "RUSTSEC-2021-0139",
-
     # Unmaintained encoding
     "RUSTSEC-2021-0153",
 ]
diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index f52bffb9d..b6096ed9b 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ Hi."#;
         bob.recv_msg(&sent_msg).await;
         let contact = Contact::get_by_id(&bob, *contacts.first().unwrap()).await?;
 
-        let green = ansi_term::Color::Green.normal();
+        let green = nu_ansi_term::Color::Green.normal();
         assert!(
             contact.was_seen_recently(),
             "{}",
diff --git a/src/test_utils.rs b/src/test_utils.rs
index 5e0ceb44a..5d5ad6e2e 100644
--- a/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-use ansi_term::Color;
 use async_channel::{self as channel, Receiver, Sender};
 use chat::ChatItem;
 use deltachat_contact_tools::{ContactAddress, EmailAddress};
+use nu_ansi_term::Color;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use rand::Rng;