diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/package.json b/packages/yarn-plugin/package.json
index 1df88d001a..ed66832e27 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@backstage/release-manifests": "workspace:^",
     "@yarnpkg/core": "^4.0.3",
     "@yarnpkg/fslib": "^3.0.2",
-    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
+    "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "semver": "^7.6.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/report.api.md b/packages/yarn-plugin/report.api.md
index f0300ec9a1..928703ed3e 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/report.api.md
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
+import { Hooks } from '@yarnpkg/plugin-pack';
 import { Plugin as Plugin_2 } from '@yarnpkg/core';
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-const plugin: Plugin_2;
+const plugin: Plugin_2<Hooks>;
 export default plugin;
 ```
diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/beforeWorkspacePacking.ts b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/beforeWorkspacePacking.ts
index 3221400f48..fbdea3fa34 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/beforeWorkspacePacking.ts
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/beforeWorkspacePacking.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { Descriptor, Workspace, structUtils } from '@yarnpkg/core';
-import { some } from 'lodash';
 import {
   bindBackstageVersion,
   getCurrentBackstageVersion,
@@ -76,9 +75,11 @@ export const beforeWorkspacePacking = async (
   }
 
   if (
-    some(
-      ['dependencies', 'devDependencies', 'optionalDependencies'],
-      dependencyType => some(rawManifest[dependencyType], hasBackstageVersion),
+    ['dependencies', 'devDependencies', 'optionalDependencies'].some(
+      dependencyType =>
+        Object.values<string>(rawManifest[dependencyType] ?? {}).some(
+          hasBackstageVersion,
+        ),
     )
   ) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/index.ts b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/index.ts
index f548463829..9c20e9a45c 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,21 @@
  */
 
 import { Plugin, semverUtils, YarnVersion } from '@yarnpkg/core';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { Hooks } from '@yarnpkg/plugin-pack';
 import { beforeWorkspacePacking } from './handlers/beforeWorkspacePacking';
 import { BackstageResolver } from './resolver/BackstageResolver';
 
+// All dependencies of the yarn plugin are bundled during the build. Chalk
+// triples the size of the plugin bundle when included, so we avoid the
+// dependency by hard-coding the ANSI escape codes for the one bit of formatting
+// we need.
+const RED_BOLD = `\u001B[31;1m`;
+const RESET = '\u001B[0m';
+
 if (!semverUtils.satisfiesWithPrereleases(YarnVersion, '^4.1.1')) {
   console.error();
   console.error(
-    `${chalk.bold.red(
-      'Unsupported yarn version.',
-    )}: The Backstage yarn plugin only works with yarn ^4.1.1. Please upgrade yarn, or remove this plugin with "yarn plugin remove @yarnpkg/plugin-backstage".`,
+    `${RED_BOLD}Unsupported yarn version${RESET}: The Backstage yarn plugin only works with yarn ^4.1.1. Please upgrade yarn, or remove this plugin with "yarn plugin remove @yarnpkg/plugin-backstage".`,
   );
   console.error();
 }
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ if (!semverUtils.satisfiesWithPrereleases(YarnVersion, '^4.1.1')) {
 /**
  * @public
  */
-const plugin: Plugin = {
+const plugin: Plugin<Hooks> = {
   hooks: {
     beforeWorkspacePacking,
   },
diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/util.ts b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/util.ts
index df7ed75e0f..5fd0091b2b 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/util.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { ppath, xfs } from '@yarnpkg/fslib';
 import { valid as semverValid } from 'semver';
-import { memoize } from 'lodash';
+import memoize from 'lodash/memoize';
 import { getManifestByVersion as getManifestByVersionBase } from '@backstage/release-manifests';
 import { BACKSTAGE_JSON, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 import { Descriptor, structUtils } from '@yarnpkg/core';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d272ce009c..3fba088f74 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -45427,7 +45427,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@yarnpkg/builder": ^4.0.0
     "@yarnpkg/core": ^4.0.3
     "@yarnpkg/fslib": ^3.0.2
-    chalk: ^4.0.0
+    "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack": ^4.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     nodemon: ^3.0.1
     semver: ^7.6.0