diff --git a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index 1f3f6ab..b504e1e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cffi==1.15.1 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 cfgrib==0.9.10.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 cftime==1.6.2 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 click==8.1.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
-colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9"
+colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9" and (sys_platform == "win32" or platform_system == "Windows")
 covdefaults==2.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 coverage==7.2.5 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 eccodes==1.5.2 ; python_version >= "3.9"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-extras.txt b/requirements/requirements-extras.txt
index 1b82142..a5da7b4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-extras.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-extras.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cffi==1.15.1 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 cfgrib==0.9.10.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 cftime==1.6.2 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 click==8.1.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
-colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9"
+colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9" and platform_system == "Windows"
 eccodes==1.5.2 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 entrypoints==0.4 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 fasteners==0.18 ; python_version >= "3.9"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 02f3506..6666eea 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 asciitree==0.3.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 cftime==1.6.2 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 click==8.1.3 ; python_version >= "3.9"
-colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9"
+colorama==0.4.6 ; python_version >= "3.9" and platform_system == "Windows"
 entrypoints==0.4 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 fasteners==0.18 ; python_version >= "3.9"
 markdown-it-py==2.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.9"