diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb56bd2..661a665 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 0.4.1 — Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+- Cookie extraction now uses `@steipete/sweet-cookie` (drops `sqlite3` CLI + custom browser readers in `bird`).
+
 ## 0.4.0 — 2025-12-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12d1ac6..e05dff0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "graphql:update": "tsx scripts/update-query-ids.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@steipete/sweet-cookie": "file:../sweet-cookie/packages/core",
+    "@steipete/sweet-cookie": "github:steipete/sweet-cookie#path:packages/core",
     "commander": "^14.0.2",
     "json5": "^2.2.3",
     "kleur": "^4.1.5"
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0c06247..bb08df8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ importers:
   .:
     dependencies:
       '@steipete/sweet-cookie':
-        specifier: file:../sweet-cookie/packages/core
-        version: file:../sweet-cookie/packages/core
+        specifier: github:steipete/sweet-cookie#path:packages/core
+        version: https://codeload.github.com/steipete/sweet-cookie/tar.gz/62b5e7815c792674d3414aa8ae1face5992c40ec#path:packages/core
       commander:
         specifier: ^14.0.2
         version: 14.0.2
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ packages:
   '@standard-schema/spec@1.1.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-l2aFy5jALhniG5HgqrD6jXLi/rUWrKvqN/qJx6yoJsgKhblVd+iqqU4RCXavm/jPityDo5TCvKMnpjKnOriy0w==}
 
-  '@steipete/sweet-cookie@file:../sweet-cookie/packages/core':
-    resolution: {directory: ../sweet-cookie/packages/core, type: directory}
+  '@steipete/sweet-cookie@https://codeload.github.com/steipete/sweet-cookie/tar.gz/62b5e7815c792674d3414aa8ae1face5992c40ec#path:packages/core':
+    resolution: {path: packages/core, tarball: https://codeload.github.com/steipete/sweet-cookie/tar.gz/62b5e7815c792674d3414aa8ae1face5992c40ec}
+    version: 0.0.0
     engines: {node: '>=22'}
     peerDependencies:
       chrome-cookies-secure: ^3.0.0
@@ -924,7 +925,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@standard-schema/spec@1.1.0': {}
 
-  '@steipete/sweet-cookie@file:../sweet-cookie/packages/core': {}
+  '@steipete/sweet-cookie@https://codeload.github.com/steipete/sweet-cookie/tar.gz/62b5e7815c792674d3414aa8ae1face5992c40ec#path:packages/core': {}
 
   '@types/chai@5.2.3':
     dependencies: