diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c87e644..9583ff0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 3.5.8
 
 - Upgraded SDK constraints and lints.
+- New SASL authenticator (reduce dependencies that haven't been updated for a while).
 - Supporting more URL-based connection-string parameters (mostly for pool).
 - Optimized `StackTrace` capture [#432](https://github.com/isoos/postgresql-dart/pull/432) by [gmpassos](https://github.com/gmpassos).
 
diff --git a/lib/src/auth/auth.dart b/lib/src/auth/auth.dart
index d809c5b..a74cd56 100644
--- a/lib/src/auth/auth.dart
+++ b/lib/src/auth/auth.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
-import 'package:sasl_scram/sasl_scram.dart';
-
 import '../../messages.dart';
 import 'clear_text_authenticator.dart';
 import 'md5_authenticator.dart';
@@ -41,14 +38,7 @@ PostgresAuthenticator createAuthenticator(
     case AuthenticationScheme.md5:
       return MD5Authenticator(connection);
     case AuthenticationScheme.scramSha256:
-      final credentials = UsernamePasswordCredential(
-        username: connection.username,
-        password: connection.password,
-      );
-      return PostgresSaslAuthenticator(
-        connection,
-        ScramAuthenticator('SCRAM-SHA-256', sha256, credentials),
-      );
+      return PostgresSaslAuthenticator(connection);
     case AuthenticationScheme.clear:
       return ClearAuthenticator(connection);
   }
diff --git a/lib/src/auth/sasl_authenticator.dart b/lib/src/auth/sasl_authenticator.dart
index 39521db..e6fc437 100644
--- a/lib/src/auth/sasl_authenticator.dart
+++ b/lib/src/auth/sasl_authenticator.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
-import 'package:sasl_scram/sasl_scram.dart';
+import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
 
 import '../buffer.dart';
 import '../exceptions.dart';
@@ -8,41 +10,36 @@ import '../messages/client_messages.dart';
 import '../messages/server_messages.dart';
 import 'auth.dart';
 
+final _random = Random.secure();
+
 /// Structure for SASL Authenticator
 class PostgresSaslAuthenticator extends PostgresAuthenticator {
-  final SaslAuthenticator authenticator;
+  PostgresSaslAuthenticator(super.connection);
 
-  PostgresSaslAuthenticator(super.connection, this.authenticator);
+  late final _authenticator = _ScramSha256Authenticator(
+    username: connection.username ?? '',
+    password: connection.password ?? '',
+  );
 
   @override
   void onMessage(AuthenticationMessage message) {
-    ClientMessage msg;
+    ClientMessage? msg;
     switch (message.type) {
       case AuthenticationMessageType.sasl:
-        final bytesToSend = authenticator.handleMessage(
-          SaslMessageType.AuthenticationSASL,
-          message.bytes,
-        );
-        if (bytesToSend == null) {
-          throw PgException('KindSASL: No bytes to send');
-        }
-        msg = SaslClientFirstMessage(bytesToSend, authenticator.mechanism.name);
+        // Server sends list of supported mechanisms
+        final bytesToSend = _authenticator.generateClientFirstMessage();
+        msg = SaslClientFirstMessage(bytesToSend, 'SCRAM-SHA-256');
         break;
       case AuthenticationMessageType.saslContinue:
-        final bytesToSend = authenticator.handleMessage(
-          SaslMessageType.AuthenticationSASLContinue,
+        // Server sends server-first-message
+        final bytesToSend = _authenticator.processServerFirstMessage(
           message.bytes,
         );
-        if (bytesToSend == null) {
-          throw PgException('KindSASLContinue: No bytes to send');
-        }
         msg = SaslClientLastMessage(bytesToSend);
         break;
       case AuthenticationMessageType.saslFinal:
-        authenticator.handleMessage(
-          SaslMessageType.AuthenticationSASLFinal,
-          message.bytes,
-        );
+        // Server sends server-final-message
+        _authenticator.verifyServerFinalMessage(message.bytes);
         return;
       default:
         throw PgException(
@@ -53,6 +50,159 @@ class PostgresSaslAuthenticator extends PostgresAuthenticator {
   }
 }
 
+/// SCRAM-SHA-256 authenticator implementation
+class _ScramSha256Authenticator {
+  final String username;
+  final String password;
+
+  late String _clientNonce;
+  late String _clientFirstMessageBare;
+  String? _serverNonce;
+  String? _salt;
+  int? _iterations;
+  String? _authMessage;
+
+  _ScramSha256Authenticator({required this.username, required this.password});
+
+  /// Generate client-first-message
+  Uint8List generateClientFirstMessage() {
+    _clientNonce = base64.encode(
+      List<int>.generate(24, (_) => _random.nextInt(256)),
+    );
+
+    final encodedUsername = username
+        .replaceAll('=', '=3D')
+        .replaceAll(',', '=2C');
+    _clientFirstMessageBare = 'n=$encodedUsername,r=$_clientNonce';
+
+    // client-first-message: GS2 header + client-first-message-bare
+    // GS2 header: "n,," (no channel binding)
+    final clientFirstMessage = 'n,,$_clientFirstMessageBare';
+
+    return utf8.encode(clientFirstMessage);
+  }
+
+  /// Process server-first-message and generate client-final-message
+  Uint8List processServerFirstMessage(Uint8List serverFirstMessageBytes) {
+    final serverFirstMessage = utf8.decode(serverFirstMessageBytes);
+
+    // Parse server-first-message: r=<nonce>,s=<salt>,i=<iteration-count>
+    final parts = _parseMessage(serverFirstMessage);
+
+    _serverNonce = parts['r'];
+    _salt = parts['s'];
+    _iterations = int.parse(parts['i'] ?? '0');
+
+    if (_serverNonce == null || !_serverNonce!.startsWith(_clientNonce)) {
+      throw PgException('Server nonce does not start with client nonce');
+    }
+
+    // Build client-final-message-without-proof
+    final channelBinding = 'c=${base64.encode(utf8.encode('n,,'))}';
+    final clientFinalMessageWithoutProof = '$channelBinding,r=$_serverNonce';
+
+    // Calculate auth message
+    _authMessage =
+        '$_clientFirstMessageBare,$serverFirstMessage,$clientFinalMessageWithoutProof';
+
+    // Calculate client proof
+    final saltedPassword = _hi(
+      utf8.encode(password),
+      base64.decode(_salt!),
+      _iterations!,
+    );
+
+    final clientKey = _hmac(saltedPassword, utf8.encode('Client Key'));
+    final storedKey = sha256.convert(clientKey).bytes;
+    final clientSignature = _hmac(storedKey, utf8.encode(_authMessage!));
+
+    final clientProof = Uint8List(clientKey.length);
+    for (var i = 0; i < clientKey.length; i++) {
+      clientProof[i] = clientKey[i] ^ clientSignature[i];
+    }
+
+    // Build client-final-message
+    final clientFinalMessage =
+        '$clientFinalMessageWithoutProof,p=${base64.encode(clientProof)}';
+
+    return Uint8List.fromList(utf8.encode(clientFinalMessage));
+  }
+
+  /// Verify server-final-message
+  void verifyServerFinalMessage(Uint8List serverFinalMessageBytes) {
+    final serverFinalMessage = utf8.decode(serverFinalMessageBytes);
+
+    // Parse server-final-message: v=<verifier> or e=<error>
+    final parts = _parseMessage(serverFinalMessage);
+
+    if (parts.containsKey('e')) {
+      throw PgException('SCRAM authentication failed: ${parts['e']}');
+    }
+
+    final serverSignatureB64 = parts['v'];
+    if (serverSignatureB64 == null) {
+      throw PgException('Server final message missing verifier');
+    }
+
+    // Calculate expected server signature
+    final saltedPassword = _hi(
+      utf8.encode(password),
+      base64.decode(_salt!),
+      _iterations!,
+    );
+
+    final serverKey = _hmac(saltedPassword, utf8.encode('Server Key'));
+    final serverSignature = _hmac(serverKey, utf8.encode(_authMessage!));
+
+    // Verify server signature
+    final expectedSignature = base64.encode(serverSignature);
+    if (serverSignatureB64 != expectedSignature) {
+      throw PgException('Server signature verification failed');
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Parse SASL message into key-value pairs
+  Map<String, String> _parseMessage(String message) {
+    final result = <String, String>{};
+    final parts = message.split(',');
+
+    for (final part in parts) {
+      final index = part.indexOf('=');
+      if (index > 0) {
+        final key = part.substring(0, index);
+        final value = part.substring(index + 1);
+        result[key] = value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /// HMAC-SHA256
+  List<int> _hmac(List<int> key, List<int> message) {
+    final hmacSha256 = Hmac(sha256, key);
+    return hmacSha256.convert(message).bytes;
+  }
+
+  /// PBKDF2 (Hi function): HMAC iterated i times
+  List<int> _hi(List<int> password, List<int> salt, int iterations) {
+    // First iteration: HMAC(password, salt + INT(1))
+    final saltWithCount = [...salt, 0, 0, 0, 1];
+    var u = _hmac(password, saltWithCount);
+    final result = List<int>.from(u);
+
+    // Remaining iterations
+    for (var i = 1; i < iterations; i++) {
+      u = _hmac(password, u);
+      for (var j = 0; j < result.length; j++) {
+        result[j] ^= u[j];
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+
 class SaslClientFirstMessage extends ClientMessage {
   final Uint8List bytesToSendToServer;
   final String mechanismName;
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 9944d01..3a3266e 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ dependencies:
   buffer: ^1.2.3
   crypto: ^3.0.6
   collection: ^1.19.1
-  sasl_scram: ^0.1.1
   stack_trace: ^1.12.1
   stream_channel: ^2.1.4
   async: ^2.12.0