diff --git a/dev-infra/build-worker.js b/dev-infra/build-worker.js
index 84cb6bd41e..1595a4bc4c 100644
--- a/dev-infra/build-worker.js
+++ b/dev-infra/build-worker.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-function _interopDefault (ex) { return (ex && (typeof ex === 'object') && 'default' in ex) ? ex['default'] : ex; }
-
 var tslib = require('tslib');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
-var chalk = _interopDefault(require('chalk'));
+var chalk = require('chalk');
 require('inquirer');
 var child_process = require('child_process');
 var semver = require('semver');
@@ -470,12 +468,7 @@ function gitOutputAsArray(gitCommandResult) {
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-/** Reexport of chalk colors for convenient access. */
-var red = chalk.red;
-var green = chalk.green;
 var yellow = chalk.yellow;
-var bold = chalk.bold;
-var blue = chalk.blue;
 /**
  * Supported levels for logging functions.
  *
diff --git a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
index 692a5300fe..4089067483 100755
--- a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
+++ b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function _interopDefault (ex) { return (ex && (typeof ex === 'object') && 'defau
 
 var yargs = require('yargs');
 var tslib = require('tslib');
-var chalk = _interopDefault(require('chalk'));
+var chalk = require('chalk');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var inquirer = require('inquirer');
 var path = require('path');
diff --git a/dev-infra/utils/console.ts b/dev-infra/utils/console.ts
index 456d580e5b..b6d9035178 100644
--- a/dev-infra/utils/console.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/utils/console.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import {writeFileSync} from 'fs';
 import {prompt} from 'inquirer';
 import {join} from 'path';
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import {Arguments} from 'yargs';
 import {GitClient} from './git/index';
 
 /** Reexport of chalk colors for convenient access. */
-export const red: typeof chalk = chalk.red;
-export const green: typeof chalk = chalk.green;
-export const yellow: typeof chalk = chalk.yellow;
-export const bold: typeof chalk = chalk.bold;
-export const blue: typeof chalk = chalk.blue;
+export const red = chalk.red;
+export const green = chalk.green;
+export const yellow = chalk.yellow;
+export const bold = chalk.bold;
+export const blue = chalk.blue;
 
 /** Prompts the user with a confirmation question and a specified message. */
 export async function promptConfirm(message: string, defaultValue = false): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e572f58b0..4b7928b304 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     "bluebird": "^3.7.2",
     "brotli": "^1.3.2",
     "canonical-path": "1.0.0",
-    "chalk": "^2.3.1",
+    "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "chokidar": "^3.5.1",
     "convert-source-map": "^1.5.1",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
diff --git a/tools/size-tracking/index.ts b/tools/size-tracking/index.ts
index cd8c61b21a..de7143ce01 100644
--- a/tools/size-tracking/index.ts
+++ b/tools/size-tracking/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import {readFileSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs';
 
 import {compareFileSizeData} from './file_size_compare';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6b5300c46d..a3677b2830 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ chainsaw@~0.1.0:
   dependencies:
     traverse ">=0.3.0 <0.4"
 
-chalk@2.x, chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.3.1, chalk@^2.4.1, chalk@^2.4.2:
+chalk@2.x, chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.4.1, chalk@^2.4.2:
   version "2.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz#cd42541677a54333cf541a49108c1432b44c9424"
   integrity sha512-Mti+f9lpJNcwF4tWV8/OrTTtF1gZi+f8FqlyAdouralcFWFQWF2+NgCHShjkCb+IFBLq9buZwE1xckQU4peSuQ==