diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 9f7cc739c2..88477f736e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -7617,9 +7617,6 @@ importers:
       tempy:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.0.0
-      terminal-link:
-        specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 5.0.0
       tinyglobby:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 0.2.15
diff --git a/releasing/commands/package.json b/releasing/commands/package.json
index 33d1677d1c..f7df4796b7 100644
--- a/releasing/commands/package.json
+++ b/releasing/commands/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "semver": "catalog:",
     "tar-stream": "catalog:",
     "tempy": "catalog:",
-    "terminal-link": "catalog:",
     "tinyglobby": "catalog:",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "catalog:",
     "write-json-file": "catalog:",
diff --git a/releasing/commands/src/publish/otp.ts b/releasing/commands/src/publish/otp.ts
index bb399cc719..9fba3c2f78 100644
--- a/releasing/commands/src/publish/otp.ts
+++ b/releasing/commands/src/publish/otp.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import type { ExportedManifest } from '@pnpm/releasing.exportable-manifest'
 import type { PublishOptions } from 'libnpmpublish'
 import qrcodeTerminal from 'qrcode-terminal'
-import terminalLink from 'terminal-link'
 
 import { SHARED_CONTEXT } from './utils/shared-context.js'
 
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ async function webAuthOtp (
 ): Promise<string> {
   const qrCode = generateQrCode(authUrl)
   const sanitizedUrl = sanitizeUrl(authUrl)
-  const displayUrl = sanitizedUrl != null ? terminalLink(sanitizedUrl, sanitizedUrl, { fallback: false }) : authUrl
+  const displayUrl = sanitizedUrl != null ? hyperlinkEscape(sanitizedUrl) : authUrl
   globalInfo(`Authenticate your account at:\n${displayUrl}\n\n${qrCode}`)
   const startTime = Date.now()
   const timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes
@@ -301,3 +300,7 @@ function sanitizeUrl (url: string): string | undefined {
     return undefined
   }
 }
+
+function hyperlinkEscape (url: string): string {
+  return `\u001B]8;;${url}\u0007${url}\u001B]8;;\u0007`
+}