diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4941854dd..5f619e54c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort": "12.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "57.0.0",
     "esm-utils": "4.3.0",
-    "execa": "7.2.0",
     "globals": "16.0.0",
     "jest": "30.0.0-alpha.7",
     "jest-light-runner": "0.6.0",
@@ -141,6 +140,7 @@
     "jest-watch-typeahead": "2.2.2",
     "knip": "5.44.4",
     "magic-string": "0.30.17",
+    "nano-spawn": "0.2.0",
     "node-style-text": "0.0.7",
     "npm-run-all2": "7.0.2",
     "prettier": "3.5.2",
diff --git a/scripts/build-website.js b/scripts/build-website.js
index b859e4e77..b026a7a07 100644
--- a/scripts/build-website.js
+++ b/scripts/build-website.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
 import esbuild from "esbuild";
-import { execa } from "execa";
 import fastGlob from "fast-glob";
+import spawn from "nano-spawn";
 import serialize from "serialize-javascript";
 import {
   copyFile,
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "./utils/index.js";
 
 const runYarn = (command, args, options) =>
-  execa("yarn", [command, ...args], {
-    stdout: "inherit",
-    stderr: "inherit",
-    ...options,
-  });
+  spawn("yarn", [command, ...args], { stdio: "inherit", ...options });
 const IS_PULL_REQUEST = process.env.PULL_REQUEST === "true";
 const PRETTIER_DIR = IS_PULL_REQUEST
   ? DIST_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/clean-cspell.js b/scripts/clean-cspell.js
index 24752b357..72bdae0d5 100644
--- a/scripts/clean-cspell.js
+++ b/scripts/clean-cspell.js
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
-import { execa } from "execa";
+import spawn from "nano-spawn";
 
 const CSPELL_CONFIG_FILE = new URL("../cspell.json", import.meta.url);
 const updateConfig = (config) =>
   fs.writeFile(CSPELL_CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(config, undefined, 4) + "\n");
-const runSpellcheck = (options) => {
-  const { yarnArgs, args, execaOptions } = {
-    yarnArgs: [],
-    args: [],
-    ...options,
-  };
-  return execa("yarn", [...yarnArgs, "lint:spellcheck", ...args], execaOptions);
-};
+const runSpellcheck = (args, options) =>
+  spawn("yarn", ["lint:spellcheck", ...args], options);
 
 console.log("Empty words ...");
 const config = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(CSPELL_CONFIG_FILE));
@@ -21,20 +15,24 @@ const original = config.words;
 await updateConfig({ ...config, words: [] });
 
 console.log("Running spellcheck with empty words ...");
-const { stdout } = await runSpellcheck({
-  args: ["--words-only", "--unique"],
-  execaOptions: { reject: false },
-});
+let stdout = "";
+try {
+  await runSpellcheck(["--words-only", "--unique"]);
+} catch (error) {
+  ({ stdout } = error);
+}
 
 const words = stdout
-  .split("\n")
-  // Remove upper case word, if lower case one already exists
-  .filter((word, _, words) => {
-    const lowerCased = word.toLowerCase();
-    return lowerCased === word || !words.includes(lowerCased);
-  })
-  // Compare function from https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker/blob/2fde3bc5c658ee51da5a56580aa1370bf8174070/packages/client/src/settings/CSpellSettings.ts#L78
-  .sort((a, b) => a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase()));
+  ? stdout
+      .split("\n")
+      // Remove upper case word, if lower case one already exists
+      .filter((word, _, words) => {
+        const lowerCased = word.toLowerCase();
+        return lowerCased === word || !words.includes(lowerCased);
+      })
+      // Compare function from https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker/blob/2fde3bc5c658ee51da5a56580aa1370bf8174070/packages/client/src/settings/CSpellSettings.ts#L78
+      .sort((a, b) => a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase()))
+  : [];
 config.words = words;
 
 const removed = original.filter((word) => !words.includes(word));
@@ -58,6 +56,6 @@ console.log("Updating words ...");
 await updateConfig(config);
 
 console.log("Running spellcheck with new words ...");
-await runSpellcheck({ execaOptions: { stdout: "inherit" } });
+await runSpellcheck([], { stdio: "inherit" });
 
 console.log("CSpell config file updated.");
diff --git a/scripts/clean-git-blame-ignore-revs-file.js b/scripts/clean-git-blame-ignore-revs-file.js
index dcc5f9d9d..357c5683d 100644
--- a/scripts/clean-git-blame-ignore-revs-file.js
+++ b/scripts/clean-git-blame-ignore-revs-file.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Remove revs without actual file change
 */
 
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
-import { execa } from "execa";
+import spawn from "nano-spawn";
 
 const FILE = new URL("../.git-blame-ignore-revs", import.meta.url);
 const content = await fs.readFile(FILE, "utf8");
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const revsToRemove = new Set();
 
 const IGNORED_FILES = new Set(["package.json", "yarn.lock"]);
 async function getChangedFiles(rev) {
-  const { stdout } = await execa("git", [
+  const { stdout } = await spawn("git", [
     "show",
     "--name-only",
     "--pretty=",
diff --git a/tests/config/install-prettier.js b/tests/config/install-prettier.js
index fb91dd26b..5f41ebb88 100644
--- a/tests/config/install-prettier.js
+++ b/tests/config/install-prettier.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import crypto from "node:crypto";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import chalk from "chalk";
-import { execaSync } from "execa";
 import { outdent } from "outdent";
 
 const createTemporaryDirectory = () => {
   const directory = path.join(
-    os.tmpdir(),
+    // The following quoted from https://github.com/es-tooling/module-replacements/blob/27d1acd38f19741e31d2eae561a5c8a914373fc5/docs/modules/tempy.md?plain=1#L20-L21, not sure if it's true
+    // MacOS and possibly some other platforms return a symlink from `os.tmpdir`.
+    // For some applications, this can cause problems; thus, we use `realpath`.
+    fs.realpathSync(os.tmpdir()),
     crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex"),
   );
   fs.mkdirSync(directory);
@@ -51,8 +54,10 @@ function cleanUp() {
 function installPrettier(packageDirectory) {
   const temporaryDirectory = createTemporaryDirectory();
   directoriesToClean.add(temporaryDirectory);
-  const fileName = execaSync("npm", ["pack"], {
+  const fileName = spawnSync("npm", ["pack"], {
     cwd: packageDirectory,
+    shell: true,
+    encoding: "utf8",
   }).stdout.trim();
   const file = path.join(packageDirectory, fileName);
   const packed = path.join(temporaryDirectory, fileName);
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ function installPrettier(packageDirectory) {
   fs.unlinkSync(file);
 
   const runNpmClient = (args) =>
-    execaSync(client, args, { cwd: temporaryDirectory });
+    spawnSync(client, args, { cwd: temporaryDirectory, shell: true });
 
   runNpmClient(client === "pnpm" ? ["init"] : ["init", "-y"]);
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 19e985523..7ebbd045f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4177,23 +4177,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"execa@npm:7.2.0":
-  version: 7.2.0
-  resolution: "execa@npm:7.2.0"
-  dependencies:
-    cross-spawn: "npm:^7.0.3"
-    get-stream: "npm:^6.0.1"
-    human-signals: "npm:^4.3.0"
-    is-stream: "npm:^3.0.0"
-    merge-stream: "npm:^2.0.0"
-    npm-run-path: "npm:^5.1.0"
-    onetime: "npm:^6.0.0"
-    signal-exit: "npm:^3.0.7"
-    strip-final-newline: "npm:^3.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/473feff60f9d4dbe799225948de48b5158c1723021d19c4b982afe37bcd111ae84e1b4c9dfe967fae5101b0894b1a62e4dd564a286dfa3e46d7b0cfdbf7fe62b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "execa@npm:^5.0.0":
   version: 5.1.1
   resolution: "execa@npm:5.1.1"
@@ -4626,7 +4609,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"get-stream@npm:^6.0.0, get-stream@npm:^6.0.1":
+"get-stream@npm:^6.0.0":
   version: 6.0.1
   resolution: "get-stream@npm:6.0.1"
   checksum: 10/781266d29725f35c59f1d214aedc92b0ae855800a980800e2923b3fbc4e56b3cb6e462c42e09a1cf1a00c64e056a78fa407cbe06c7c92b7e5cd49b4b85c2a497
@@ -4950,13 +4933,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"human-signals@npm:^4.3.0":
-  version: 4.3.1
-  resolution: "human-signals@npm:4.3.1"
-  checksum: 10/fa59894c358fe9f2b5549be2fb083661d5e1dff618d3ac70a49ca73495a72e873fbf6c0878561478e521e17d498292746ee391791db95ffe5747bfb5aef8765b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "iconv-lite@npm:^0.6.2":
   version: 0.6.3
   resolution: "iconv-lite@npm:0.6.3"
@@ -6636,13 +6612,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"mimic-fn@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.0.0
-  resolution: "mimic-fn@npm:4.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/995dcece15ee29aa16e188de6633d43a3db4611bcf93620e7e62109ec41c79c0f34277165b8ce5e361205049766e371851264c21ac64ca35499acb5421c2ba56
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "min-indent@npm:^1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "min-indent@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -6801,6 +6770,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"nano-spawn@npm:0.2.0":
+  version: 0.2.0
+  resolution: "nano-spawn@npm:0.2.0"
+  checksum: 10/efc75810590f9a15ffde05f03ab6408727524040fe13db1a34e8d09512803269f976a294b4facf51ba30bfb32568dcc8a723fee36e45a5748cd045bf566b6790
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "nanoid@npm:^3.3.8":
   version: 3.3.8
   resolution: "nanoid@npm:3.3.8"
@@ -6931,15 +6907,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"npm-run-path@npm:^5.1.0":
-  version: 5.3.0
-  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:5.3.0"
-  dependencies:
-    path-key: "npm:^4.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/ae8e7a89da9594fb9c308f6555c73f618152340dcaae423e5fb3620026fefbec463618a8b761920382d666fa7a2d8d240b6fe320e8a6cdd54dc3687e2b659d25
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "object-assign@npm:^4.1.1":
   version: 4.1.1
   resolution: "object-assign@npm:4.1.1"
@@ -7028,15 +6995,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"onetime@npm:^6.0.0":
-  version: 6.0.0
-  resolution: "onetime@npm:6.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    mimic-fn: "npm:^4.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/0846ce78e440841335d4e9182ef69d5762e9f38aa7499b19f42ea1c4cd40f0b4446094c455c713f9adac3f4ae86f613bb5e30c99e52652764d06a89f709b3788
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "open@npm:^8.4.0":
   version: 8.4.2
   resolution: "open@npm:8.4.2"
@@ -7254,13 +7212,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"path-key@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.0.0
-  resolution: "path-key@npm:4.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/8e6c314ae6d16b83e93032c61020129f6f4484590a777eed709c4a01b50e498822b00f76ceaf94bc64dbd90b327df56ceadce27da3d83393790f1219e07721d7
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "path-parse@npm:^1.0.7":
   version: 1.0.7
   resolution: "path-parse@npm:1.0.7"
@@ -7510,7 +7461,6 @@ __metadata:
     eslint-plugin-unicorn: "npm:57.0.0"
     esm-utils: "npm:4.3.0"
     espree: "npm:10.3.0"
-    execa: "npm:7.2.0"
     fast-glob: "npm:3.3.3"
     fast-json-stable-stringify: "npm:2.1.0"
     file-entry-cache: "npm:10.0.6"
@@ -7544,6 +7494,7 @@ __metadata:
     micromatch: "npm:4.0.8"
     minimist: "npm:1.2.8"
     n-readlines: "npm:1.0.1"
+    nano-spawn: "npm:0.2.0"
     node-style-text: "npm:0.0.7"
     npm-run-all2: "npm:7.0.2"
     outdent: "npm:0.8.0"
@@ -8586,13 +8537,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"strip-final-newline@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.0
-  resolution: "strip-final-newline@npm:3.0.0"
-  checksum: 10/23ee263adfa2070cd0f23d1ac14e2ed2f000c9b44229aec9c799f1367ec001478469560abefd00c5c99ee6f0b31c137d53ec6029c53e9f32a93804e18c201050
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "strip-indent@npm:^4.0.0":
   version: 4.0.0
   resolution: "strip-indent@npm:4.0.0"