diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.shellcode.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.shellcode.yml
index da5261a6..e7c52a24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.shellcode.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.shellcode.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
+        with:
+          deno-version: 1.39
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: deno task compile
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5601d415..aa46dca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1   # using ourself to install deno could compromise the tests
+        with:
+          deno-version: 1.39
       - run: deno cache **/*.test.ts
       - run: deno task test --coverage=cov_profile --no-check
       - run: deno coverage cov_profile --lcov --exclude=tests/ --output=cov_profile.lcov
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
+      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1   # using ourself to install deno could compromise the tests
+        with:
+          deno-version: 1.39
       - run: deno lint
 
   typecheck:
@@ -63,4 +67,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
+        with:
+          deno-version: 1.39
       - run: deno task typecheck
diff --git a/deno.jsonc b/deno.jsonc
index 70ab2af9..e46f9a70 100644
--- a/deno.jsonc
+++ b/deno.jsonc
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@
     "typecheck": "deno check --unstable ./entrypoint.ts",
     "compile": "deno compile --lock=deno.lock --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net --allow-run --allow-env --allow-ffi --unstable --output $INIT_CWD/pkgx ./entrypoint.ts"
   },
-  "pkgx": {
-    "dependencies": {
-      "deno.land": "^1.33.3"
-    }
-  },
+  "pkgx": "deno~1.39",
   "lint": {
     "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts"]
   },
@@ -34,10 +30,10 @@
   },
   "imports": {
     "is-what": "https://deno.land/x/is_what@v4.1.15/src/index.ts",
-    "pkgx": "https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.16.0/mod.ts",
-    "pkgx/": "https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.16.0/src/",
+    "pkgx": "https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.17.0/mod.ts",
+    "pkgx/": "https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.17.0/src/",
     "outdent": "https://deno.land/x/outdent@v0.8.0/mod.ts",
     "cliffy/": "https://deno.land/x/cliffy@v1.0.0-rc.3/",
-    "deno/": "https://deno.land/std@0.204.0/" // cliffy is on 196, try to consolidate to their choice
+    "deno/": "https://deno.land/std@0.196.0/" // cliffy is on 196 so we standardized on it
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/Logger.ts b/src/utils/Logger.ts
index f122bccd..b5f8b5c1 100644
--- a/src/utils/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/Logger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { stripAnsiCode } from "deno/fmt/colors.ts"
+import { stripAnsiCode } from "https://deno.land/std@0.213.0/fmt/colors.ts"
 import { ansi } from "cliffy/ansi/ansi.ts"
 import { dim } from "./color.ts"