diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f22d8c08a6..bc338859a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.7",
  "once_cell",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "getrandom 0.2.7",
  "once_cell",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ansi-parser"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bcb2392079bf27198570d6af79ecbd9ec7d8f16d3ec6b60933922fdb66287127"
-dependencies = [
- "heapless 0.5.6",
- "nom 4.2.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -236,18 +226,6 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8da52d66c7071e2e3fa2a1e5c6d088fec47b593032b254f5e980de8ea54454d6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "as-slice"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "45403b49e3954a4b8428a0ac21a4b7afadccf92bfd96273f1a58cd4812496ae0"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.12.4",
- "generic-array 0.13.3",
- "generic-array 0.14.6",
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ash"
 version = "0.32.1"
@@ -504,7 +482,7 @@ version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cce20737498f97b993470a6e536b8523f0af7892a4f928cceb1ac5e52ebe7e"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.6",
+ "generic-array",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -594,6 +572,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix 0.18.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cansi"
+version = "2.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bdcae87153686017415ce77e48c53e6818a0a058f0e21b56640d1e944967ef8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cassowary"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -645,7 +629,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
 dependencies = [
- "nom 7.1.3",
+ "nom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1460,7 +1444,7 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.6",
+ "generic-array",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -1731,7 +1715,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
- "nom 7.1.3",
+ "nom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2256,24 +2240,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "generic-array"
-version = "0.12.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffdf9f34f1447443d37393cc6c2b8313aebddcd96906caf34e54c68d8e57d7bd"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "generic-array"
-version = "0.13.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f797e67af32588215eaaab8327027ee8e71b9dd0b2b26996aedf20c030fce309"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.6"
@@ -2281,7 +2247,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bff49e947297f3312447abdca79f45f4738097cc82b06e72054d2223f601f1b9"
 dependencies = [
  "typenum",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2518,7 +2484,7 @@ version = "0.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "579160312273c954cc51bd440f059dde741029ac8daf8c84fece76cb77f62c15"
 dependencies = [
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2652,15 +2618,6 @@ version = "1.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hash32"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d4041af86e63ac4298ce40e5cca669066e75b6f1aa3390fe2561ffa5e1d9f4cc"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hash32"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2708,18 +2665,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.9.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heapless"
-version = "0.5.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74911a68a1658cfcfb61bc0ccfbd536e3b6e906f8c2f7883ee50157e3e2184f1"
-dependencies = [
- "as-slice",
- "generic-array 0.13.3",
- "hash32 0.1.1",
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heapless"
 version = "0.7.16"
@@ -2727,7 +2672,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "db04bc24a18b9ea980628ecf00e6c0264f3c1426dac36c00cb49b6fbad8b0743"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-polyfill",
- "hash32 0.2.1",
+ "hash32",
  "rustc_version 0.4.0",
  "spin 0.9.4",
  "stable_deref_trait",
@@ -3867,16 +3812,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_xorshift",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nom"
-version = "4.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2ad2a91a8e869eeb30b9cb3119ae87773a8f4ae617f41b1eb9c154b2905f7bd6"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "version_check 0.1.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -4574,7 +4509,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.21",
  "syn 1.0.100",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4585,7 +4520,7 @@ checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.21",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5207,7 +5142,7 @@ version = "0.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b40f1bfe5acdab44bc63e6699c28b74f75ec43afb59f3eda01e145aff86a25fa"
 dependencies = [
- "heapless 0.7.16",
+ "heapless",
  "num-traits",
  "smallvec",
 ]
@@ -5774,7 +5709,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e1e08e261d0e8f5c43123b7adf3e4ca1690d655377ac93a03b2c9d3e98de1342"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6473,7 +6408,7 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd59ecde1e694c0495c8b92bdd0f9a70e3b489cd8180fc6a18f6ea1c1026f3b2"
 dependencies = [
- "nom 7.1.3",
+ "nom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6497,7 +6432,7 @@ version = "0.9.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09b01702b0fd0b3fadcf98e098780badda8742d4f4a7676615cad90e8ac73622"
 dependencies = [
- "version_check 0.9.4",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7016,7 +6951,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "veloren-server-cli"
 version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi-parser",
+ "cansi",
  "clap 3.2.22",
  "crossterm 0.25.0",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -7209,12 +7144,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fe88247b92c1df6b6de80ddc290f3976dbdf2f5f5d3fd049a9fb598c6dd5ca73"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "914b1a6776c4c929a602fafd8bc742e06365d4bcbe48c30f9cca5824f70dc9dd"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -8256,7 +8185,7 @@ version = "0.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "463705a63313cd4301184381c5e8042f0a7e9b4bb63653f216311d4ae74690b7"
 dependencies = [
- "nom 7.1.3",
+ "nom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/server-cli/Cargo.toml b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
index 75ab9632cb..7acb5d418a 100644
--- a/server-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ world = { package = "veloren-world", path = "../world", optional = true }
 
 tokio = { version = "1.14", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 num_cpus = "1.0"
-ansi-parser = "0.8"
+cansi = "2.2.1"
 clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["derive"] }
 crossterm = "0.25"
 lazy_static = "1"
diff --git a/server-cli/src/tuilog.rs b/server-cli/src/tuilog.rs
index 301be6bfc2..eceb7af987 100644
--- a/server-cli/src/tuilog.rs
+++ b/server-cli/src/tuilog.rs
@@ -21,81 +21,70 @@ impl<'a> TuiLog<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> Write for TuiLog<'a> {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        use ansi_parser::{AnsiParser, AnsiSequence, Output};
+        // TODO: this processing can probably occur in the consumer of the log lines
+        // (and instead of having a TuiLog::resize the consumer can take
+        // ownership of the lines and manage them itself).
+
+        // Not super confident this is the ideal parser but it works for now and doesn't
+        // depend on an old version of nom. Alternatives to consider may include
+        // `vte`, `anstyle-parse`, `vt100`, or others.
+        use cansi::v3::categorise_text;
         use tui::{
             style::{Color, Modifier},
             text::{Span, Spans},
         };
 
-        let line = String::from_utf8(buf.into())
-            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+        let line =
+            core::str::from_utf8(buf).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
 
         let mut spans = Vec::new();
-        let mut span = Span::raw("");
         let mut lines = Vec::new();
 
-        for out in line.ansi_parse() {
-            match out {
-                Output::TextBlock(text) => {
-                    // search for newlines
-                    for t in text.split_inclusive('\n') {
-                        span.content.to_mut().push_str(t);
-                        if t.ends_with('\n') && span.content.len() != 0 {
-                            spans.push(std::mem::replace(&mut span, Span::raw("")));
-                            lines.push(std::mem::take(&mut spans));
-                        }
-                    }
+        for out in categorise_text(line) {
+            let mut style = tui::style::Style::default();
+            // NOTE: There are other values returned from cansi that we don't bother to use
+            // for now including background color, italics, blinking, etc.
+            style.fg = match out.fg {
+                Some(cansi::Color::Black) => Some(Color::Black),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Red) => Some(Color::Red),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Green) => Some(Color::Green),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Yellow) => Some(Color::Yellow),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Blue) => Some(Color::Blue),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Magenta) => Some(Color::Magenta),
+                Some(cansi::Color::Cyan) => Some(Color::Cyan),
+                Some(cansi::Color::White) => Some(Color::White),
+                // "Bright" versions currently not handled
+                Some(c) => {
+                    warn!("Unknown color {:#?}", c);
+                    style.fg
                 },
-                Output::Escape(seq) => {
-                    if span.content.len() != 0 {
-                        spans.push(span);
+                None => style.fg,
+            };
+            match out.intensity {
+                Some(cansi::Intensity::Normal) | None => {},
+                Some(cansi::Intensity::Bold) => style.add_modifier = Modifier::BOLD,
+                Some(cansi::Intensity::Faint) => style.add_modifier = Modifier::DIM,
+            }
 
-                        span = Span::raw("");
-                    }
-
-                    match seq {
-                        AnsiSequence::SetGraphicsMode(values) => {
-                            const COLOR_TABLE: [Color; 8] = [
-                                Color::Black,
-                                Color::Red,
-                                Color::Green,
-                                Color::Yellow,
-                                Color::Blue,
-                                Color::Magenta,
-                                Color::Cyan,
-                                Color::White,
-                            ];
-
-                            let mut iter = values.iter();
-
-                            match iter.next().unwrap() {
-                                0 => {},
-                                1 => span.style.add_modifier = Modifier::BOLD,
-                                2 => span.style.add_modifier = Modifier::DIM,
-                                idx @ 30..=37 => {
-                                    span.style.fg = Some(COLOR_TABLE[(idx - 30) as usize])
-                                },
-                                _ => warn!("Unknown color {:#?}", values),
-                            }
-                        },
-                        _ => warn!("Unknown sequence {:#?}", seq),
-                    }
-                },
+            // search for newlines
+            for t in out.text.split_inclusive('\n') {
+                if !t.is_empty() {
+                    spans.push(Span::styled(t.to_owned(), style));
+                }
+                if t.ends_with('\n') {
+                    lines.push(Spans(core::mem::take(&mut spans)));
+                }
             }
         }
-
-        if span.content.len() != 0 {
-            spans.push(span);
-        }
         if !spans.is_empty() {
-            lines.push(spans);
+            lines.push(Spans(spans));
         }
 
-        let mut lines = lines.into_iter().map(Spans).collect::<Vec<_>>();
         self.inner.lock().unwrap().lines.append(&mut lines);
 
         Ok(buf.len())
     }
 
+    // We can potentially use this to reduce locking frequency?
     fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> { Ok(()) }
 }