New & Noteworthy

• esm only (for cjs support look into migration guide, we got you covered 😉)
• remove v9 deprecations
• change default error strategy to 'fail' in word module
• remove invalid credit card issuer patterns
• see our migration guide

What's Changed

• ci: use node 24 by @Shinigami92 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3543
• infra: stop using node 18 by @Shinigami92 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3536
• infra: use import.meta.dirname by @Shinigami92 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3542
• chore(deps): update devdependencies (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3512
• chore(deps): update eslint by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3555
• chore(deps): update dependency @vitest/eslint-plugin to v1.3.4 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3554
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3556
• chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3557
• feat!: esm only by @Shinigami92 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3540
• refactor!: remove deprecations by @Shinigami92 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3553
• docs: migration guide for v10 by @matthewmayer in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3559
• infra: more precise engines field by @matthewmayer in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3561
• refactor(word)!: change default error strategy to 'fail' by @xDivisionByZerox in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3560
• chore(release): 10.0.0-beta.0 by @fakerjs-bot in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3565
• docs: Minor improvements to migration guide by @matthewmayer in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3569
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v10.13.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3570
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3571
• chore(deps): update eslint by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3572
• chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3562
• chore(deps): update dependency typescript to v5.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3576
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v10.14.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3579
• chore(deps): update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22 docker digest to 2baa40a by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3575
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3577
• chore(deps): update eslint (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3580
• chore(deps): update eslint by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3578
• feat(locale): extended list of colors in Polish by @pkuczynski in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3586
• refactor(locale): remove invalid credit card issuer patterns by @xDivisionByZerox in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3568
• docs: update migration guide with findings from playground update by @xDivisionByZerox in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3587
• chore: fix typo in test by @noritaka1166 in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3591
• chore(deps): update all non-major dependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3596
• chore(deps): update amannn/action-semantic-pull-request action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3598
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3599
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3597
• chore(deps): update dependency cypress to v15 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3603
• chore(deps): update dependency vitepress to v1.6.4 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3601
• chore(deps): pin dependency node to 24.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3600
• chore(deps): update dependency typescript-eslint to v8.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3602
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v54 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3604
• chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3584
• chore(release): 10.0.0 by @fakerjs-bot in https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3605

Full Changelog: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/compare/v9.9.0...v10.0.0