diff --git a/npm-install/postinstall.js b/npm-install/postinstall.js
index d3d82d2..dd9ddfd 100644
--- a/npm-install/postinstall.js
+++ b/npm-install/postinstall.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
-import * as fs from "fs/promises";
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
-import { pipeline } from "stream/promises";
-import tar from "tar";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
+import { createReadStream, createWriteStream } from "node:fs";
+import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import { pipeline } from "node:stream/promises";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { createGunzip } from "node:zlib";
+import { unpackTar } from "modern-tar/fs";
 
 import { ARCH_MAPPING, CONFIG, PLATFORM_MAPPING } from "./config.js";
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async function install() {
 
     console.log('fetching from URL', url)
     const response = await fetch(url);
-    if (!response.ok) {
+    if (!response.ok || !response.body) {
         throw new Error("Failed fetching the binary: " + response.statusText);
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ async function install() {
 
     await fs.mkdir(binPath, { recursive: true });
     await pipeline(response.body, createWriteStream(tarFile));
-    await tar.x({ file: tarFile, cwd: binPath });
+
+    const readStream = createReadStream(tarFile);
+    await pipeline(readStream, createGunzip(), unpackTar(binPath));
+
     await fs.rm(tarFile);
 }
 
@@ -54,4 +57,4 @@ install()
     .catch(async (err) => {
         console.error(err);
         process.exit(1);
-    });
\ No newline at end of file
+    });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b26057..5e655e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/pb33f/openapi-changes.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "node ./npm-install/postinstall.js"
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "^0.5.10",
-    "node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
-    "tar": "^6.1.11"
+    "modern-tar": "^0.3.4"
   },
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/pb33f/openapi-changes/issues"