diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e08c5850..93705835 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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 				"asciidoctor-kroki": "0.18.1",
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 			"dependencies": {
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+			"dev": true,
 			"dependencies": {
 				"pend": "~1.2.0"
 			}
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 			"dependencies": {
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 				"debug": "4"
@@ -9231,7 +9224,8 @@
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+			"dev": true
 		},
 		"node_modules/mute-stdout": {
 			"version": "1.0.1",
@@ -10170,7 +10164,8 @@
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+			"dev": true
 		},
 		"node_modules/picocolors": {
 			"version": "1.0.1",
@@ -10559,11 +10554,6 @@
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 		},
-		"node_modules/proxy-from-env": {
-			"version": "1.1.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz",
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-		},
 		"node_modules/pump": {
 			"version": "3.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pump/-/pump-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -13918,6 +13908,7 @@
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-p4a9I6X6nu6IhoGmBqAcbJy1mlC4j27vEPZX9F4L4/vZT3Lyq1VkFHw/V/PUcB9Buo+DG3iHkT0x3Qya58zc3g==",
+			"dev": true,
 			"dependencies": {
 				"buffer-crc32": "~0.2.3",
 				"fd-slicer": "~1.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9902151..9928ef11 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@
 		"@asciidoctor/core": "2.2.7",
 		"@asciidoctor/docbook-converter": "2.0.0",
 		"@orcid/bibtex-parse-js": "0.0.25",
-		"@vscode/ripgrep": "1.15.9",
 		"asciidoctor-kroki": "0.18.1",
 		"html-entities": "^2.4.0",
 		"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/src/util/findFiles.ts b/src/util/findFiles.ts
index 9e02753d..67317985 100644
--- a/src/util/findFiles.ts
+++ b/src/util/findFiles.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { spawn } from 'child_process'
-import { rgPath } from '@vscode/ripgrep'
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'
+import ospath from 'node:path'
 import vscode, { Uri } from 'vscode'
 import { getWorkspaceFolders } from './workspace'
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export async function findFiles (glob: string): Promise<Uri[]> {
 }
 
 async function ripgrep (glob: string, rootFolder: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const rgPath = ospath.join(vscode.env.appRoot, `node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/bin/rg${process.platform === 'win32' ? '.exe' : ''}`)
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const rg = spawn(rgPath, ['--hidden', '--follow', '--files', '-g', glob], { cwd: rootFolder })
     let stdout : string = ''