diff --git a/lib/node-arguments.js b/lib/node-arguments.js
index ea444cc19..7848a0304 100644
--- a/lib/node-arguments.js
+++ b/lib/node-arguments.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import process from 'node:process';
 
-import arrgv from 'arrgv';
+import {tokenizeArgs} from 'args-tokenizer';
 
 export default function normalizeNodeArguments(fromConf = [], fromArgv = '') {
 	let parsedArgv = [];
 	if (fromArgv !== '') {
 		try {
-			parsedArgv = arrgv(fromArgv);
+			parsedArgv = tokenizeArgs(fromArgv);
 		} catch {
 			throw new Error('Could not parse `--node-arguments` value. Make sure all strings are closed and backslashes are used correctly.');
 		}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7fb86d068..840ff800d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 				"acorn": "^8.13.0",
 				"acorn-walk": "^8.3.4",
 				"ansi-styles": "^6.2.1",
-				"arrgv": "^1.0.2",
+				"args-tokenizer": "^0.3.0",
 				"arrify": "^3.0.0",
 				"callsites": "^4.2.0",
 				"cbor": "^9.0.2",
@@ -3019,6 +3019,12 @@
 				"sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/args-tokenizer": {
+			"version": "0.3.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/args-tokenizer/-/args-tokenizer-0.3.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-xXAd7G2Mll5W8uo37GETpQ2VrE84M181Z7ugHFGQnJZ50M2mbOv0osSZ9VsSgPfJQ+LVG0prSi0th+ELMsno7Q==",
+			"license": "MIT"
+		},
 		"node_modules/array-buffer-byte-length": {
 			"version": "1.0.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/array-buffer-byte-length/-/array-buffer-byte-length-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3162,6 +3168,7 @@
 			"version": "1.0.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/arrgv/-/arrgv-1.0.2.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-a4eg4yhp7mmruZDQFqVMlxNRFGi/i1r87pt8SDHy0/I8PqSXoUTlWZRdAZo0VXgvEARcujbtTk8kiZRi1uDGRw==",
+			"dev": true,
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"engines": {
 				"node": ">=8.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 426edad69..32df09e6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		"acorn": "^8.13.0",
 		"acorn-walk": "^8.3.4",
 		"ansi-styles": "^6.2.1",
-		"arrgv": "^1.0.2",
+		"args-tokenizer": "^0.3.0",
 		"arrify": "^3.0.0",
 		"callsites": "^4.2.0",
 		"cbor": "^9.0.2",