diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9c805dca1e..7370a5e491 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "cheerio-select": "^1.5.0",
         "dom-serializer": "^1.3.2",
         "domhandler": "^4.2.0",
+        "domutils": "^2.7.0",
         "htmlparser2": "^6.1.0",
         "parse5": "^6.0.1",
         "parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf4a839307..32bda081c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "cheerio-select": "^1.5.0",
     "dom-serializer": "^1.3.2",
     "domhandler": "^4.2.0",
+    "domutils": "^2.7.0",
     "htmlparser2": "^6.1.0",
     "parse5": "^6.0.1",
     "parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/src/api/manipulation.ts b/src/api/manipulation.ts
index 74a7719ebc..31a7a339ad 100644
--- a/src/api/manipulation.ts
+++ b/src/api/manipulation.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-import { hasChildren } from 'domhandler';
 /**
  * Methods for modifying the DOM structure.
  *
  * @module cheerio/manipulation
  */
 
-import { Node, NodeWithChildren, Element, Text } from 'domhandler';
+import { Node, NodeWithChildren, Element, Text, hasChildren } from 'domhandler';
 import { default as parse, update as updateDOM } from '../parse';
 import { html as staticHtml, text as staticText } from '../static';
 import { domEach, cloneDom, isTag, isHtml, isCheerio } from '../utils';
-import { DomUtils } from 'htmlparser2';
+import { removeElement } from 'domutils';
 import type { Cheerio } from '../cheerio';
 import type { BasicAcceptedElems, AcceptedElems } from '../types';
 
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ function _wrap(
 
       const [wrapperDom] = this._makeDomArray(wrap, i < lastIdx);
 
-      if (!wrapperDom || !DomUtils.hasChildren(wrapperDom)) continue;
+      if (!wrapperDom || !hasChildren(wrapperDom)) continue;
 
       let elInsertLocation = wrapperDom;
 
@@ -587,7 +586,7 @@ export function after<T extends Node>(
 
   return domEach(this, (el, i) => {
     const { parent } = el;
-    if (!DomUtils.hasChildren(el) || !parent) {
+    if (!hasChildren(el) || !parent) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -701,7 +700,7 @@ export function before<T extends Node>(
 
   return domEach(this, (el, i) => {
     const { parent } = el;
-    if (!DomUtils.hasChildren(el) || !parent) {
+    if (!hasChildren(el) || !parent) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -807,7 +806,7 @@ export function remove<T extends Node>(
   const elems = selector ? this.filter(selector) : this;
 
   domEach(elems, (el) => {
-    DomUtils.removeElement(el);
+    removeElement(el);
     el.prev = el.next = el.parent = null;
   });
 
@@ -884,7 +883,7 @@ export function replaceWith<T extends Node>(
  */
 export function empty<T extends Node>(this: Cheerio<T>): Cheerio<T> {
   return domEach(this, (el) => {
-    if (!DomUtils.hasChildren(el)) return;
+    if (!hasChildren(el)) return;
     el.children.forEach((child) => {
       child.next = child.prev = child.parent = null;
     });
@@ -923,7 +922,7 @@ export function html<T extends Node>(
 ): Cheerio<T> | string | null {
   if (str === undefined) {
     const el = this[0];
-    if (!el || !DomUtils.hasChildren(el)) return null;
+    if (!el || !hasChildren(el)) return null;
     return staticHtml(el.children, this.options);
   }
 
@@ -931,7 +930,7 @@ export function html<T extends Node>(
   const opts = { ...this.options, context: null as NodeWithChildren | null };
 
   return domEach(this, (el) => {
-    if (!DomUtils.hasChildren(el)) return;
+    if (!hasChildren(el)) return;
     el.children.forEach((child) => {
       child.next = child.prev = child.parent = null;
     });
@@ -1000,7 +999,7 @@ export function text<T extends Node>(
 
   // Append text node to each selected elements
   return domEach(this, (el) => {
-    if (!DomUtils.hasChildren(el)) return;
+    if (!hasChildren(el)) return;
     el.children.forEach((child) => {
       child.next = child.prev = child.parent = null;
     });
diff --git a/src/api/traversing.ts b/src/api/traversing.ts
index 8bc3bb9a84..d1f012ca85 100644
--- a/src/api/traversing.ts
+++ b/src/api/traversing.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ import type { Cheerio } from '../cheerio';
 import * as select from 'cheerio-select';
 import { domEach, isTag, isCheerio } from '../utils';
 import { contains } from '../static';
-import { DomUtils } from 'htmlparser2';
+import {
+  getChildren,
+  getSiblings,
+  nextElementSibling,
+  prevElementSibling,
+  uniqueSort,
+} from 'domutils';
 import type { FilterFunction, AcceptedFilters } from '../types';
-const { uniqueSort } = DomUtils;
 const reSiblingSelector = /^\s*[~+]/;
 
 /**
@@ -331,7 +336,7 @@ export function closest<T extends Node>(
  * @returns The next nodes.
  * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/next/}
  */
-export const next = _singleMatcher((elem) => DomUtils.nextElementSibling(elem));
+export const next = _singleMatcher((elem) => nextElementSibling(elem));
 
 /**
  * Gets all the following siblings of the first selected element, optionally
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ export const nextAll = _matcher((elem) => {
  * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/nextUntil/}
  */
 export const nextUntil = _matchUntil(
-  (el) => DomUtils.nextElementSibling(el),
+  (el) => nextElementSibling(el),
   _removeDuplicates
 );
 
@@ -398,7 +403,7 @@ export const nextUntil = _matchUntil(
  * @returns The previous nodes.
  * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/prev/}
  */
-export const prev = _singleMatcher((elem) => DomUtils.prevElementSibling(elem));
+export const prev = _singleMatcher((elem) => prevElementSibling(elem));
 
 /**
  * Gets all the preceding siblings of the first selected element, optionally
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ export const prevAll = _matcher((elem) => {
  * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/prevUntil/}
  */
 export const prevUntil = _matchUntil(
-  (el) => DomUtils.prevElementSibling(el),
+  (el) => prevElementSibling(el),
   _removeDuplicates
 );
 
@@ -471,9 +476,7 @@ export const prevUntil = _matchUntil(
  */
 export const siblings = _matcher(
   (elem) =>
-    DomUtils.getSiblings(elem).filter(
-      (el): el is Element => isTag(el) && el !== elem
-    ),
+    getSiblings(elem).filter((el): el is Element => isTag(el) && el !== elem),
   uniqueSort
 );
 
@@ -496,7 +499,7 @@ export const siblings = _matcher(
  * @see {@link https://api.jquery.com/children/}
  */
 export const children = _matcher(
-  (elem) => DomUtils.getChildren(elem).filter(isTag),
+  (elem) => getChildren(elem).filter(isTag),
   _removeDuplicates
 );
 
diff --git a/src/parse.ts b/src/parse.ts
index 9d57d30d2c..36e29138a3 100644
--- a/src/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DomUtils } from 'htmlparser2';
+import { removeElement } from 'domutils';
 import { parse as parseWithHtmlparser2 } from './parsers/htmlparser2-adapter';
 import { parse as parseWithParse5 } from './parsers/parse5-adapter';
 import {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function update(
 
     // Cleanly remove existing nodes from their previous structures.
     if (node.parent && node.parent.children !== arr) {
-      DomUtils.removeElement(node);
+      removeElement(node);
     }
 
     if (parent) {
diff --git a/src/static.ts b/src/static.ts
index b233a40b4f..b5b2508fcb 100644
--- a/src/static.ts
+++ b/src/static.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { CheerioAPI, Cheerio } from '.';
-import { Node, Document } from 'domhandler';
+import { Node, Document, isText, hasChildren } from 'domhandler';
 import {
   InternalOptions,
   CheerioOptions,
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   flatten as flattenOptions,
 } from './options';
 import { select } from 'cheerio-select';
-import { ElementType, DomUtils } from 'htmlparser2';
+import { ElementType } from 'htmlparser2';
 import { render as renderWithParse5 } from './parsers/parse5-adapter';
 import { render as renderWithHtmlparser2 } from './parsers/htmlparser2-adapter';
 
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ export function text(
 
   for (let i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
     const elem = elems[i];
-    if (DomUtils.isText(elem)) ret += elem.data;
+    if (isText(elem)) ret += elem.data;
     else if (
-      DomUtils.hasChildren(elem) &&
+      hasChildren(elem) &&
       elem.type !== ElementType.Comment &&
       elem.type !== ElementType.Script &&
       elem.type !== ElementType.Style
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 00c5a7578d..d2e0caa809 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { DomUtils } from 'htmlparser2';
 import { Node, cloneNode, Document } from 'domhandler';
 import type { Cheerio } from './cheerio';
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import type { Cheerio } from './cheerio';
  * @param type - DOM node to check.
  * @returns Whether the node is a tag.
  */
-export const { isTag } = DomUtils;
+export { isTag } from 'domhandler';
 
 /**
  * Checks if an object is a Cheerio instance.