diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1ed55d5..346585c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ jobs:
         node-version:
           - 20
           - 18
-          - 16
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - run: npm install
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 71ecc24..459f9b8 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ export type Options = {
 	Count [ambiguous width characters](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/#Ambiguous) as having narrow width (count of 1) instead of wide width (count of 2).
 
 	@default true
+
+	> Ambiguous characters behave like wide or narrow characters depending on the context (language tag, script identification, associated font, source of data, or explicit markup; all can provide the context). __If the context cannot be established reliably, they should be treated as narrow characters by default.__
+	> - http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/
 	*/
 	readonly ambiguousIsNarrow?: boolean;
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 62f995a..4e6906e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
-import eastAsianWidth from 'eastasianwidth';
+import {eastAsianWidth} from 'get-east-asian-width';
 import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex';
 
-export default function stringWidth(string, options) {
+export default function stringWidth(string, options = {}) {
 	if (typeof string !== 'string' || string.length === 0) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	options = {
-		ambiguousIsNarrow: true,
-		countAnsiEscapeCodes: false,
-		...options,
-	};
+	const {
+		ambiguousIsNarrow = true,
+		countAnsiEscapeCodes = false,
+	} = options;
 
-	if (!options.countAnsiEscapeCodes) {
+	if (!countAnsiEscapeCodes) {
 		string = stripAnsi(string);
 	}
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ export default function stringWidth(string, options) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	const ambiguousCharacterWidth = options.ambiguousIsNarrow ? 1 : 2;
 	let width = 0;
 
 	for (const {segment: character} of new Intl.Segmenter().segment(string)) {
@@ -42,23 +40,7 @@ export default function stringWidth(string, options) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		const code = eastAsianWidth.eastAsianWidth(character);
-		switch (code) {
-			case 'F':
-			case 'W': {
-				width += 2;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			case 'A': {
-				width += ambiguousCharacterWidth;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			default: {
-				width += 1;
-			}
-		}
+		width += eastAsianWidth(codePoint, {ambiguousAsWide: !ambiguousIsNarrow});
 	}
 
 	return width;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 778914a..9a73ee5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 		"url": "https://sindresorhus.com"
 	},
 	"type": "module",
-	"exports": "./index.js",
+	"exports": {
+		"types": "./index.d.ts",
+		"default": "./index.js"
+	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">=16"
+		"node": ">=18"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "xo && ava && tsd"
@@ -44,16 +47,17 @@
 		"chinese",
 		"japanese",
 		"korean",
-		"fixed-width"
+		"fixed-width",
+		"east-asian-width"
 	],
 	"dependencies": {
-		"eastasianwidth": "^0.2.0",
-		"emoji-regex": "^10.2.1",
-		"strip-ansi": "^7.0.1"
+		"emoji-regex": "^10.3.0",
+		"get-east-asian-width": "^1.0.0",
+		"strip-ansi": "^7.1.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"ava": "^5.2.0",
-		"tsd": "^0.28.1",
-		"xo": "^0.54.2"
+		"ava": "^5.3.1",
+		"tsd": "^0.29.0",
+		"xo": "^0.56.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 49931c9..1cccd00 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Default: `true`
 
 Count [ambiguous width characters](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/#Ambiguous) as having narrow width (count of 1) instead of wide width (count of 2).
 
+> Ambiguous characters behave like wide or narrow characters depending on the context (language tag, script identification, associated font, source of data, or explicit markup; all can provide the context). **If the context cannot be established reliably, they should be treated as narrow characters by default.**
+> - http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/
+
 ##### countAnsiEscapeCodes
 
 Type: `boolean`\
@@ -60,3 +63,4 @@ Whether [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) shou
 - [string-width-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width-cli) - CLI for this module
 - [string-length](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-length) - Get the real length of a string
 - [widest-line](https://github.com/sindresorhus/widest-line) - Get the visual width of the widest line in a string
+- [get-east-asian-width](https://github.com/sindresorhus/get-east-asian-width) - Determine the East Asian Width of a Unicode character
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index f82b060..e61dc94 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import test from 'ava';
 import stringWidth from './index.js';
 
 test('main', t => {
+	t.is(stringWidth('⛣', {ambiguousIsNarrow: false}), 2);
 	t.is(stringWidth('abcde'), 5);
 	t.is(stringWidth('古池や'), 6);
 	t.is(stringWidth('あいうabc'), 9);
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ test('main', t => {
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u{845B}\u{E0100}'), 2, 'Variation Selectors');
 	t.is(stringWidth('ปฏัก'), 3, 'Thai script');
 	t.is(stringWidth('_\u0E34'), 1, 'Thai script');
+	t.is(stringWidth('“', {ambiguousIsNarrow: false}), 2);
 });
 
 test('ignores control characters', t => {