diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e054c15..d4ea897 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "md-5",
  "num-format",
  "quick-xml",
- "regex",
+ "regex-lite",
  "reqwest",
  "reqwest-middleware",
  "reqwest-retry",
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "postgresql_archive",
  "postgresql_commands",
  "postgresql_embedded",
- "regex",
+ "regex-lite",
  "reqwest",
  "semver",
  "serde",
@@ -2316,6 +2316,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-lite"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53a49587ad06b26609c52e423de037e7f57f20d53535d66e08c695f347df952a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.6.29"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a9db352..865b057 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ postgres = "0.19.9"
 quick-xml = "0.37.1"
 r2d2_postgres = "0.18.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-regex = "1.11.1"
+regex-lite = "0.1.6"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.12", default-features = false }
 reqwest-middleware = "0.4.0"
 reqwest-retry = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/Cargo.toml b/postgresql_archive/Cargo.toml
index ef903d9..e2e988b 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/postgresql_archive/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ liblzma = { workspace = true }
 md-5 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 num-format = { workspace = true }
 quick-xml = { workspace = true, features = ["serialize"], optional = true }
-regex = { workspace = true }
+regex-lite = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream"] }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-retry = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/archive.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/archive.rs
index ac3f631..47c85c6 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/archive.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/archive.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::{extractor, repository};
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tracing::instrument;
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/theseus/extractor.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/theseus/extractor.rs
index 2089778..8594cdb 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/theseus/extractor.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/theseus/extractor.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::extractor::{tar_gz_extract, ExtractDirectories};
 use crate::Error::Unexpected;
 use crate::Result;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, remove_dir_all, remove_file, rename};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::thread::sleep;
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/zonky/extractor.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/zonky/extractor.rs
index c08cb27..5601ab9 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/zonky/extractor.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/configuration/zonky/extractor.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::extractor::{tar_xz_extract, ExtractDirectories};
 use crate::Error::Unexpected;
 use crate::Result;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, remove_dir_all, remove_file, rename};
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/error.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/error.rs
index ea9eb0e..7a06398 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/error.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/error.rs
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     VersionNotFound(String),
 }
 
-/// Converts a [`regex::Error`] into an [`ParseError`](Error::ParseError)
-impl From<regex::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(error: regex::Error) -> Self {
+/// Converts a [`regex_lite::Error`] into an [`ParseError`](Error::ParseError)
+impl From<regex_lite::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: regex_lite::Error) -> Self {
         Error::ParseError(error.to_string())
     }
 }
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_from_regex_error() {
-        let regex_error = regex::Error::Syntax("test".to_string());
+        let regex_error = regex_lite::Regex::new("(?=a)").expect_err("regex error");
         let error = Error::from(regex_error);
-        assert_eq!(error.to_string(), "test");
+        assert_eq!(error.to_string(), "look-around is not supported");
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/model.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/model.rs
index 258c266..df9f9a3 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/model.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/model.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{Error, Result};
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/registry.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/registry.rs
index 46b2e16..40e322a 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/registry.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/extractor/registry.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn get(url: &str) -> Result<ExtractFn> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use regex::Regex;
+    use regex_lite::Regex;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_register() -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/postgresql_archive/src/repository/github/repository.rs b/postgresql_archive/src/repository/github/repository.rs
index 7c43389..9d95844 100644
--- a/postgresql_archive/src/repository/github/repository.rs
+++ b/postgresql_archive/src/repository/github/repository.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::Error::{
 use crate::{hasher, matcher, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use reqwest::header::HeaderMap;
 use reqwest_middleware::{ClientBuilder, ClientWithMiddleware};
 use reqwest_retry::policies::ExponentialBackoff;
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/Cargo.toml b/postgresql_extensions/Cargo.toml
index f06c5f2..e997f4d 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 postgresql_archive = { path = "../postgresql_archive", version = "0.17.4", default-features = false }
 postgresql_commands = { path = "../postgresql_commands", version = "0.17.4", default-features = false }
-regex = { workspace = true }
+regex-lite = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 semver = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/error.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/error.rs
index 0174adb..fbf4ec9 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/error.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/error.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("extension not found '{0}'")]
     ExtensionNotFound(String),
     /// Error when an IO operation fails
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    IoError(String),
     /// Poisoned lock
     #[error("poisoned lock '{0}'")]
     PoisonedLock(String),
     /// Error when a regex operation fails
     #[error(transparent)]
-    RegexError(#[from] regex::Error),
+    RegexError(#[from] regex_lite::Error),
     /// Error when a deserialization or serialization operation fails
     #[error(transparent)]
     SerdeError(#[from] serde_json::Error),
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/extensions.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/extensions.rs
index e911c78..c820346 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/extensions.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/extensions.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::model::AvailableExtension;
 use crate::repository::registry;
 use crate::repository::registry::get_repositories;
+use crate::Error::IoError;
 use crate::{InstalledConfiguration, InstalledExtension, Result};
 use postgresql_commands::pg_config::PgConfigBuilder;
 use postgresql_commands::postgres::PostgresBuilder;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ use postgresql_commands::CommandBuilder;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
 use postgresql_commands::CommandExecutor;
 use postgresql_commands::Settings;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::VersionReq;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
@@ -116,9 +117,12 @@ pub async fn uninstall(settings: &impl Settings, namespace: &str, name: &str) ->
             if file.exists() {
                 debug!("Removing file: {file:?}");
                 #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
-                tokio::fs::remove_file(file).await?;
+                tokio::fs::remove_file(file)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
-                std::fs::remove_file(file)?;
+                std::fs::remove_file(file)
+                    .map_err(|error| crate::error::Error::IoError(error.to_string()))?;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -208,16 +212,14 @@ async fn get_postgresql_version(settings: &dyn Settings) -> Result<String> {
     let (stdout, _stderr) = execute_command(command).await?;
     let re = Regex::new(r"PostgreSQL\)\s(\d+\.\d+)")?;
     let Some(captures) = re.captures(&stdout) else {
-        return Err(regex::Error::Syntax(format!(
+        return Err(IoError(format!(
             "Failed to obtain postgresql version from {stdout}"
-        ))
-        .into());
+        )));
     };
     let Some(version) = captures.get(1) else {
-        return Err(regex::Error::Syntax(format!(
+        return Err(IoError(format!(
             "Failed to match postgresql version from {stdout}"
-        ))
-        .into());
+        )));
     };
     let version = version.as_str();
     debug!("Obtained PostgreSQL version from postgres command: {version}");
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/matcher.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/matcher.rs
index 161f11c..29ebc43 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/matcher.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/matcher.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use postgresql_archive::Result;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::Version;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env::consts;
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/model.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/model.rs
index bb07f33..b368cfc 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/model.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/model.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::Error::IoError;
 use crate::Result;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -74,17 +75,23 @@ impl InstalledConfiguration {
     pub async fn read<P: Into<PathBuf>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
         #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
         {
-            let mut file = tokio::fs::File::open(path.into()).await?;
+            let mut file = tokio::fs::File::open(path.into())
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
             let mut contents = vec![];
-            file.read_to_end(&mut contents).await?;
+            file.read_to_end(&mut contents)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
             let config = serde_json::from_slice(&contents)?;
             Ok(config)
         }
         #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
         {
-            let file = std::fs::File::open(path.into())?;
+            let file =
+                std::fs::File::open(path.into()).map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
             let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
-            let config = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
+            let config =
+                serde_json::from_reader(reader).map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
             Ok(config)
         }
     }
@@ -98,13 +105,19 @@ impl InstalledConfiguration {
 
         #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
         {
-            let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(path.into()).await?;
-            file.write_all(content.as_bytes()).await?;
+            let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(path.into())
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
+            file.write_all(content.as_bytes())
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
         }
         #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
         {
-            let mut file = std::fs::File::create(path.into())?;
-            file.write_all(content.as_bytes())?;
+            let mut file =
+                std::fs::File::create(path.into()).map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
+            file.write_all(content.as_bytes())
+                .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -236,7 +249,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_installed_configuration_io() -> Result<()> {
-        let temp_file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;
+        let temp_file =
+            tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
         let file = temp_file.as_ref();
         let extensions = vec![InstalledExtension::new(
             "namespace",
@@ -248,7 +262,9 @@ mod tests {
         expected_configuration.write(file).await?;
         let configuration = InstalledConfiguration::read(file).await?;
         assert_eq!(expected_configuration, configuration);
-        tokio::fs::remove_file(file).await?;
+        tokio::fs::remove_file(file)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|error| IoError(error.to_string()))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/portal_corp/repository.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/portal_corp/repository.rs
index 4a07cfc..0c63997 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/portal_corp/repository.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/portal_corp/repository.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use postgresql_archive::extractor::{zip_extract, ExtractDirectories};
 use postgresql_archive::get_archive;
 use postgresql_archive::repository::github::repository::GitHub;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/steampipe/repository.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/steampipe/repository.rs
index 6723d4e..e39aac5 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/steampipe/repository.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/steampipe/repository.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use postgresql_archive::extractor::{tar_gz_extract, ExtractDirectories};
 use postgresql_archive::get_archive;
 use postgresql_archive::repository::github::repository::GitHub;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
diff --git a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/tensor_chord/repository.rs b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/tensor_chord/repository.rs
index 729929c..67ce586 100644
--- a/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/tensor_chord/repository.rs
+++ b/postgresql_extensions/src/repository/tensor_chord/repository.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use postgresql_archive::extractor::{zip_extract, ExtractDirectories};
 use postgresql_archive::get_archive;
 use postgresql_archive::repository::github::repository::GitHub;
-use regex::Regex;
+use regex_lite::Regex;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::path::PathBuf;