diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49c1b9a0..8ef6d298 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "galactus": "^2.0.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.11",
     "junk": "^4.0.1",
-    "parse-author": "^2.0.0",
     "plist": "^3.1.0",
     "resedit": "^2.0.3",
     "semver": "^7.7.2",
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.12",
     "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.9",
     "@types/node": "~22.10.7",
-    "@types/parse-author": "^2.0.2",
     "@types/plist": "^3.0.5",
     "@types/semver": "^7.7.0",
     "@types/yargs-parser": "^21.0.3",
diff --git a/src/infer.ts b/src/infer.ts
index 4331553e..101de7f4 100644
--- a/src/infer.ts
+++ b/src/infer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import parseAuthor from 'parse-author';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { promisifiedGracefulFs } from './util.js';
@@ -16,6 +15,43 @@ type PackageJSON = {
 
 const ELECTRON_PACKAGES = ['electron', 'electron-nightly'] as const;
 
+// Inlined from parse-author / author-regex (MIT, Jon Schlinkert)
+function authorRegex() {
+  return /^\s*([^<(]*?)\s*([<(]([^>)]*?)[>)])?\s*([<(]([^>)]*?)[>)])*\s*$/;
+}
+
+export function parseAuthor(str: string) {
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('expected author to be a string');
+  }
+
+  if (!str || !/\w/.test(str)) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  const match = ([] as (string | undefined)[]).concat.apply([], authorRegex().exec(str) || []);
+  const author: { name?: string; email?: string; url?: string } = {};
+
+  if (match[1]) {
+    author.name = match[1];
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 2; i < match.length; i++) {
+    const val = match[i];
+
+    if (i % 2 === 0 && val && match[i + 1]) {
+      if (val.charAt(0) === '<') {
+        author.email = match[i + 1];
+        i++;
+      } else if (val.charAt(0) === '(') {
+        author.url = match[i + 1];
+        i++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return author;
+}
+
 async function* walkPackageJSONs(dir: string): AsyncGenerator<{ src: string; pkg: PackageJSON }> {
   let prev: string | undefined;
   let cur = path.resolve(dir);
diff --git a/test/infer.spec.ts b/test/infer.spec.ts
index 6714e695..04d7aa8c 100644
--- a/test/infer.spec.ts
+++ b/test/infer.spec.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,52 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import url from 'node:url';
-import { getMetadataFromPackageJSON } from '../src/infer.js';
+import { getMetadataFromPackageJSON, parseAuthor } from '../src/infer.js';
 import { Options } from '../src/types.js';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import config from './config.json' with { type: 'json' };
 import { beforeEach, describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 
+describe('parseAuthor', () => {
+  it('parses name only', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('Foo Bar')).toEqual({ name: 'Foo Bar' });
+  });
+
+  it('parses name and email', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('Foo Bar <foo.bar@example.com>')).toEqual({
+      name: 'Foo Bar',
+      email: 'foo.bar@example.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('parses name, email, and url', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('Foo Bar <foo.bar@example.com> (https://example.com)')).toEqual({
+      name: 'Foo Bar',
+      email: 'foo.bar@example.com',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('parses email and url without a name', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('<foo.bar@example.com> (https://example.com)')).toEqual({
+      email: 'foo.bar@example.com',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty object for an empty string', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('')).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty object for whitespace-only input', () => {
+    expect(parseAuthor('   ')).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('throws if input is not a string', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAuthor(123 as unknown as string)).toThrow(TypeError);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('getMetadataFromPackageJSON', () => {
   it.each([
     ['electron-nightly', 'infer-electron-nightly'],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e89d6be2..8e429837 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/debug": "npm:^4.1.12"
     "@types/graceful-fs": "npm:^4.1.9"
     "@types/node": "npm:~22.10.7"
-    "@types/parse-author": "npm:^2.0.2"
     "@types/plist": "npm:^3.0.5"
     "@types/semver": "npm:^7.7.0"
     "@types/yargs-parser": "npm:^21.0.3"
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ __metadata:
     oxfmt: "npm:^0.44.0"
     oxlint: "npm:^1.59.0"
     oxlint-tsgolint: "npm:^0.20.0"
-    parse-author: "npm:^2.0.0"
     plist: "npm:^3.1.0"
     resedit: "npm:^2.0.3"
     semver: "npm:^7.7.2"
@@ -1185,13 +1183,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/parse-author@npm:^2.0.2":
-  version: 2.0.3
-  resolution: "@types/parse-author@npm:2.0.3"
-  checksum: 10c0/a572efe529d410c0550bbf62c3060c06d441edcebf80a50f20d3cd7107bd6ae71bcd7bebb43993e9b1394afab253eedc2f2ae70fbfd8c96df444235513b7ba42
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/plist@npm:^3.0.5":
   version: 3.0.5
   resolution: "@types/plist@npm:3.0.5"
@@ -1403,13 +1394,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"author-regex@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "author-regex@npm:1.0.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/3f3a5ad6660be010bd5b979fac180f435bd9615e81db2b1cdac081eb3f639461f6c3927ced956e377a5c91cc789e3de3a3e900e296c1423971043c8fd8be0b73
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "balanced-match@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.2
   resolution: "balanced-match@npm:1.0.2"
@@ -2836,15 +2820,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"parse-author@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.0
-  resolution: "parse-author@npm:2.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    author-regex: "npm:^1.0.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/8b4c19523588a4271c89f64e8167be7c80b4765059c865d38a996c37d080c7e5123e3e2d07d47290891628ad27f4dfb692e3b61156c52fcc0af6cdce3ed57afd
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "path-key@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.1
   resolution: "path-key@npm:3.1.1"