diff --git a/.changeset/healthy-kings-play.md b/.changeset/healthy-kings-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..661ac059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/healthy-kings-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clack/prompts": patch
+---
+
+Use a default import for picocolors to avoid run time errors in some environments.
diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/task-log.ts b/packages/prompts/src/task-log.ts
index fa8768d7..6ea09aa0 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/task-log.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/task-log.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { getColumns } from '@clack/core';
-import * as color from 'picocolors';
+import color from 'picocolors';
 import { erase } from 'sisteransi';
 import { type CommonOptions, S_BAR, S_STEP_SUBMIT, isCI as isCIFn } from './common.js';
 import { log } from './log.js';