diff --git a/.circleci/deprecated-check.js b/.circleci/deprecated-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3df766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/deprecated-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+function execCommandSync(command) {
+    const [cmd, ...args] = command.split(' '); // Split command into executable and arguments
+    const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, { encoding: 'utf-8', shell: false });
+
+    if (result.error) {
+        throw result.error; // Handle system errors
+    }
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(result.stderr || `Command failed with exit code ${result.status}`);
+    }
+    return result.stdout;
+}
+
+const dependenciesMap = new Map();
+const regex = /(?:@[\w-]+\/)?[\w.-]{1,100}@\d{1,10}\.\d{1,10}\.\d{1,10}(?:[-+][\w.-]{1,50})?/g;
+
+function checkDependencySync(dependency) {
+    if (dependenciesMap.has(dependency)) return;
+    try {
+        const output = execCommandSync(`npm view ${dependency}`);
+        if (output.includes('DEPRECATED')) {
+            dependenciesMap.set(dependency, 'DEPRECATED');
+        } else {
+            dependenciesMap.set(dependency, 'active');
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        dependenciesMap.set(dependency, 'UNKNOWN');
+    }
+}
+
+function processLinesSync(lines) {
+    for (const line of lines) {
+        const trimmedLine = line.trim();
+        const matches = trimmedLine.matchAll(regex);
+
+        for (const match of matches) {
+            const dependency = match[0];
+            checkDependencySync(dependency);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function checkDependenciesSync(command) {
+    try {
+        const stdout = execCommandSync(command);
+        const lines = stdout.trim().split('\n');
+        processLinesSync(lines);
+    } catch (error) {
+        
+        const errorLines = error.toString().trim().split('\n');
+        processLinesSync(errorLines); // Process error lines as well
+    }
+}
+
+function runDependencyCheckSync() {
+    console.log('Checking dependencies at root level...');
+    checkDependenciesSync('npm ls');
+
+    let deprecatedFound = false;
+    let counter = 0;
+    dependenciesMap.forEach((status, dependency) => {
+        if (status === 'DEPRECATED') {
+            counter++;
+            deprecatedFound = true;
+            console.log(`${counter}. ${dependency} ${status}`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (deprecatedFound) {
+        console.log('\x1b[31mWARNING!! Deprecated results found at root level.\n\x1b[0m');
+    } else {
+        console.log('\x1b[32mSUCCESS: No deprecated packages found at root level! Congos!!\n\x1b[0m');
+    }
+
+    console.log('Checking all dependencies (including transitive)...');
+    checkDependenciesSync('npm ls --all');
+
+    deprecatedFound = false;
+    counter = 0;
+    dependenciesMap.forEach((status, dependency) => {
+        if (status === 'DEPRECATED') {
+            counter++;
+            deprecatedFound = true;
+            console.log(`${counter}. ${dependency} ${status}`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (deprecatedFound) {
+        console.log('\x1b[31mWARNING!! Deprecated results found in dependencies.\n\x1b[0m');
+    } else {
+        console.log('\x1b[32mSUCCESS: No deprecated packages found! Congos!!\x1b[0m');
+    }
+    
+}
+
+runDependencyCheckSync();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f9c8bd2..ba69afd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         "sinon": "21.0.0",
         "standard": "17.1.2",
         "standard-version": "^9.5.0",
-        "tap-spec": "^5.0.0",
+        "tap-mocha-reporter": "^5.0.4",
         "tap-xunit": "2.4.1",
         "tape": "5.9.0",
         "tapes": "4.1.0"
@@ -1622,6 +1622,16 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@npmcli/package-json": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@npmcli/package-json/-/package-json-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-y6jnu76E9C23osz8gEMBayZmaZ69vFOIk8vR1FJL/wbEJ54+9aVG9rLTjQKSXfgYZEr50nw1txBBFfBZZe+bYg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@opentelemetry/api": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/api/-/api-1.9.0.tgz",
@@ -3392,8 +3402,7 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "compare-func": "^2.0.0",
-        "q": "^1.5.1"
+        "compare-func": "^2.0.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
@@ -3440,8 +3449,7 @@
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "compare-func": "^2.0.0",
-        "lodash": "^4.17.15",
-        "q": "^1.5.1"
+        "lodash": "^4.17.15"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
@@ -3464,7 +3472,6 @@
         "git-semver-tags": "^4.1.1",
         "lodash": "^4.17.15",
         "normalize-package-data": "^3.0.0",
-        "q": "^1.5.1",
         "read-pkg": "^3.0.0",
         "read-pkg-up": "^3.0.0",
         "through2": "^4.0.0"
@@ -3532,8 +3539,7 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "compare-func": "^2.0.0",
-        "q": "^1.5.1"
+        "compare-func": "^2.0.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
@@ -3631,8 +3637,7 @@
         "conventional-commits-parser": "^3.2.0",
         "git-raw-commits": "^2.0.8",
         "git-semver-tags": "^4.1.1",
-        "meow": "^8.0.0",
-        "q": "^1.5.1"
+        "meow": "^8.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "conventional-recommended-bump": "cli.js"
@@ -6738,16 +6743,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-jobE6S923cLuf5BPG6Jf+oLBRkPzv2RPp0dwOHcWwj/t9FwV/t9hyZ46kpT3Q5DHn9iFNmGhrcmmFUBqyjoTQg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "chalk": "^1.1.1",
-        "commander": "^2.9.0",
-        "debug": "^2.2.0",
-        "event-stream": "3.3.4",
-        "form-data": "3.0.0",
-        "fs-readfile-promise": "^2.0.1",
-        "fs-writefile-promise": "^1.0.3",
-        "har-validator": "^5.0.0",
-        "pinkie-promise": "^2.0.0",
-        "stringify-object": "^3.3.0"
+        "chalk": "^4.1.2",
+        "event-stream": "4.0.1",
+        "form-data": "4.0.0",
+        "har-schema": "^2.0.0",
+        "stringify-object": "3.3.0",
+        "yargs": "^17.4.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "httpsnippet": "bin/httpsnippet"
@@ -6771,7 +6772,10 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-kmCevFghRiWM7HB5zTPULl4r9bVFSWjz62MhqizDGUrq2NWuNMQyuv4tHHoKJHs69M/MF64lEcHdYIocrdWQYA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/httpsnippet/node_modules/chalk": {
@@ -6780,14 +6784,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-U3lRVLMSlsCfjqYPbLyVv11M9CPW4I728d6TCKMAOJueEeB9/8o+eSsMnxPJD+Q+K909sdESg7C+tIkoH6on1A==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-styles": "^2.2.1",
-        "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.2",
-        "has-ansi": "^2.0.0",
-        "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0",
-        "supports-color": "^2.0.0"
+        "ansi-styles": "^4.1.0",
+        "supports-color": "^7.1.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/httpsnippet/node_modules/debug": {
@@ -6805,7 +6809,7 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-vbRorB5FUQWvla16U8R/qgaFIya2qGzwDrNmCZuYKrbdSUMG6I1ZCGQRefkRVhuOkIGVne7BQ35DSfo1qvJqFg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.8.0"
+        "node": ">=7.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/httpsnippet/node_modules/event-stream": {
@@ -6861,7 +6865,7 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-VhumSSbBqDTP8p2ZLKj40UjBCV4+v8bUSEpUb4KjRgWk9pbqGF4REFj6KEagidb2f/M6AzC0EmFyDNGaw9OCzg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
+        "has-flag": "^4.0.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
@@ -8863,6 +8867,26 @@
         "node": ">= 6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/minipass": {
+      "version": "3.3.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minipass/-/minipass-3.3.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DxiNidxSEK+tHG6zOIklvNOwm3hvCrbUrdtzY74U6HKTJxvIDfOUL5W5P2Ghd3DTkhhKPYGqeNUIh5qcM4YBfw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/minipass/node_modules/yallist": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/mkdirp": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -12741,6 +12765,7 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
+        "@npmcli/package-json": "^1.0.1",
         "chalk": "^2.4.2",
         "conventional-changelog": "3.1.25",
         "conventional-changelog-config-spec": "2.1.0",
@@ -12753,7 +12778,6 @@
         "find-up": "^5.0.0",
         "git-semver-tags": "^4.0.0",
         "semver": "^7.1.1",
-        "stringify-package": "^1.0.1",
         "yargs": "^16.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -13203,20 +13227,27 @@
         "node": ">= 6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tap-out": {
-      "version": "2.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap-out/-/tap-out-2.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LJE+TBoVbOWhwdz4+FQk40nmbIuxJLqaGvj3WauQw3NYYU5TdjoV3C0x/yq37YAvVyi+oeBXmWnxWSjJ7IEyUw==",
+    "node_modules/tap-mocha-reporter": {
+      "version": "5.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap-mocha-reporter/-/tap-mocha-reporter-5.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-J+YMO8B7lq1O6Zxd/jeuG27vJ+Y4tLiRMKPSb7KR6FVh86k3Rq1TwYc2GKPyIjCbzzdMdReh3Vfz9L5cg1Z2Bw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "re-emitter": "1.1.3",
-        "readable-stream": "2.2.9",
-        "split": "1.0.0",
-        "trim": "0.0.1"
+        "color-support": "^1.1.0",
+        "debug": "^4.1.1",
+        "diff": "^4.0.1",
+        "escape-string-regexp": "^2.0.0",
+        "glob": "^7.0.5",
+        "tap-parser": "^11.0.0",
+        "tap-yaml": "^1.0.0",
+        "unicode-length": "^2.0.2"
       },
       "bin": {
-        "tap-out": "bin/cmd.js"
+        "tap-mocha-reporter": "index.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/tap-out/node_modules/process-nextick-args": {
@@ -13259,17 +13290,25 @@
         "through": "2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
+        "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tap-out/node_modules/string_decoder": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4AH6Z5fzNNBcH+6XDMfA/BTt87skxqJlO0lAh3Dker5zThcAxG6mKz+iGu308UKoPPQ8Dcqx/4JhujzltRa+hQ==",
+    "node_modules/tap-mocha-reporter/node_modules/tap-parser": {
+      "version": "11.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap-parser/-/tap-parser-11.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6qGlC956rcORw+fg7Fv1iCRAY8/bU9UabUAhs3mXRH6eRmVZcNPLheSXCYaVaYeSwx5xa/1HXZb1537YSvwDZg==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
+        "events-to-array": "^1.0.1",
+        "minipass": "^3.1.6",
+        "tap-yaml": "^1.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "tap-parser": "bin/cmd.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/tap-parser": {
@@ -13460,6 +13499,26 @@
         "xtend": "~4.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tap-yaml": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap-yaml/-/tap-yaml-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GegASpuqBnRNdT1U+yuUPZ8rEU64pL35WPBpCISWwff4dErS2/438barz7WFJl4Nzh3Y05tfPidZnH+GaV1wMg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "yaml": "^1.10.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/tap-yaml/node_modules/yaml": {
+      "version": "1.10.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-1.10.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r3vXyErRCYJ7wg28yvBY5VSoAF8ZvlcW9/BwUzEtUsjvX/DKs24dIkuwjtuprwJJHsbyUbLApepYTR1BN4uHrg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tape": {
       "version": "5.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tape/-/tape-5.9.0.tgz",
@@ -13750,13 +13809,6 @@
         "random-poly-fill": "^1.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/trim": {
-      "version": "0.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/trim/-/trim-0.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-h82ywcYhHK7veeelXrCScdH7HkWfbIT1D/CgYO+nmDarz3SGNssVBMws6jU16Ga60AJCRAvPV6w6RLuNerQqjg==",
-      "deprecated": "Use String.prototype.trim() instead",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "node_modules/trim-newlines": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/trim-newlines/-/trim-newlines-3.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dba1446..83ada3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run test:unit",
-    "test:unit": "npx tape 'test/unit/**/*.test.js' | tap-spec",
+    "test:unit": "npx tape 'test/unit/**/*.test.js' | tap-mocha-reporter spec",
     "test:xunit": "npx tape 'test/unit/**/**.test.js' | tap-xunit > ./test/results/xunit.xml",
-    "test:coverage": "npx nyc tapes -- 'test/unit/**/*.test.js' | tap-spec; nyc report ---reporter=text",
+    "test:coverage": "npx nyc tapes -- 'test/unit/**/*.test.js' | tap-mocha-reporter spec; nyc report ---reporter=text",
     "test:coverage-check": "npm run test:coverage && nyc check-coverage",
     "test:functional": "echo 'No functional tests defined'",
     "test:integration": "echo 'No integration tests defined'",
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "sinon": "21.0.0",
     "standard": "17.1.2",
     "standard-version": "^9.5.0",
-    "tap-spec": "^5.0.0",
+    "tap-mocha-reporter": "^5.0.4",
     "tap-xunit": "2.4.1",
     "tape": "5.9.0",
     "tapes": "4.1.0"