diff --git a/packages/rollup/.eslintrc.json b/packages/rollup/.eslintrc.json
index aee3b4f068455..c0f5b93586875 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/rollup/.eslintrc.json
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
   "overrides": [
     {
       "files": ["*.ts", "*.tsx", "*.js", "*.jsx"],
-      "rules": {}
+      "rules": {
+        "no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "name": "chalk",
+            "message": "Please use `picocolors` in place of `chalk` for rendering terminal colors"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     },
     {
       "files": ["*.ts", "*.tsx"],
diff --git a/packages/rollup/package.json b/packages/rollup/package.json
index c854bd9d27a22..49745c4bf55b0 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/package.json
+++ b/packages/rollup/package.json
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^6.1.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^15.2.3",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.9",
-    "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "minimatch": "9.0.3",
+    "picocolors": "^1.1.0",
     "postcss": "^8.4.38",
     "rollup": "^4.14.0",
     "rollup-plugin-copy": "^3.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/rollup/src/plugins/analyze.ts b/packages/rollup/src/plugins/analyze.ts
index 74f64efcea36d..a4100169d973c 100644
--- a/packages/rollup/src/plugins/analyze.ts
+++ b/packages/rollup/src/plugins/analyze.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as chalk from 'chalk';
+import * as pc from 'picocolors';
 import { logger } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 const formatBytes = (bytes) => {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function analyze() {
     renderChunk(source, chunk) {
       const sourceBytes = formatBytes(source.length);
       const fileName = chunk.fileName;
-      logger.info(`  ${chalk.bold(fileName)} ${chalk.cyan(sourceBytes)}`);
+      logger.info(`  ${pc.bold(fileName)} ${pc.cyan(sourceBytes)}`);
     },
   };
 }