diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index fb53793..8e636b6 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         "ovsx": "^1.0.1",
         "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
         "sinon": "^22.0.0",
+        "tree-sitter-python": "^0.25.0",
         "typescript": "^6.0.3",
       },
     },
@@ -679,7 +680,9 @@
 
     "node-abi": ["node-abi@3.87.0", "", { "dependencies": { "semver": "^7.3.5" } }, "sha512-+CGM1L1CgmtheLcBuleyYOn7NWPVu0s0EJH2C4puxgEZb9h8QpR9G2dBfZJOAUhi7VQxuBPMd0hiISWcTyiYyQ=="],
 
-    "node-addon-api": ["node-addon-api@4.3.0", "", {}, "sha512-73sE9+3UaLYYFmDsFZnqCInzPyh3MqIwZO9cw58yIqAZhONrrabrYyYe3TuIqtIiOuTXVhsGau8hcrhhwSsDIQ=="],
+    "node-addon-api": ["node-addon-api@8.8.0", "", {}, "sha512-c5Ko1fZJIJmzhFIkhRN76WTq+fC6tWnGy9CXA0fA+XygsWZmEwG8vmbkNqxMyoaa0Tin4djul49NzdVcJJcjeA=="],
+
+    "node-gyp-build": ["node-gyp-build@4.8.4", "", { "bin": { "node-gyp-build": "bin.js", "node-gyp-build-optional": "optional.js", "node-gyp-build-test": "build-test.js" } }, "sha512-LA4ZjwlnUblHVgq0oBF3Jl/6h/Nvs5fzBLwdEF4nuxnFdsfajde4WfxtJr3CaiH+F6ewcIB/q4jQ4UzPyid+CQ=="],
 
     "node-sarif-builder": ["node-sarif-builder@3.4.0", "", { "dependencies": { "@types/sarif": "^2.1.7", "fs-extra": "^11.1.1" } }, "sha512-tGnJW6OKRii9u/b2WiUViTJS+h7Apxx17qsMUjsUeNDiMMX5ZFf8F8Fcz7PAQ6omvOxHZtvDTmOYKJQwmfpjeg=="],
 
@@ -879,6 +882,8 @@
 
     "toml": ["toml@4.1.1", "", {}, "sha512-EBJnVBr3dTXdA89WVFoAIPUqkBjxPMwRqsfuo1r240tKFHXv3zgca4+NJib/h6TyvGF7vOawz0jGuryJCdNHrw=="],
 
+    "tree-sitter-python": ["tree-sitter-python@0.25.0", "", { "dependencies": { "node-addon-api": "^8.5.0", "node-gyp-build": "^4.8.4" }, "peerDependencies": { "tree-sitter": "^0.25.0" }, "optionalPeers": ["tree-sitter"] }, "sha512-eCmJx6zQa35GxaCtQD+wXHOhYqBxEL+bp71W/s3fcDMu06MrtzkVXR437dRrCrbrDbyLuUDJpAgycs7ncngLXw=="],
+
     "tslib": ["tslib@2.8.1", "", {}, "sha512-oJFu94HQb+KVduSUQL7wnpmqnfmLsOA/nAh6b6EH0wCEoK0/mPeXU6c3wKDV83MkOuHPRHtSXKKU99IBazS/2w=="],
 
     "tunnel": ["tunnel@0.0.6", "", {}, "sha512-1h/Lnq9yajKY2PEbBadPXj3VxsDDu844OnaAo52UVmIzIvwwtBPIuNvkjuzBlTWpfJyUbG3ez0KSBibQkj4ojg=="],
@@ -991,6 +996,8 @@
 
     "istanbul-lib-report/supports-color": ["supports-color@7.2.0", "", { "dependencies": { "has-flag": "^4.0.0" } }, "sha512-qpCAvRl9stuOHveKsn7HncJRvv501qIacKzQlO/+Lwxc9+0q2wLyv4Dfvt80/DPn2pqOBsJdDiogXGR9+OvwRw=="],
 
+    "keytar/node-addon-api": ["node-addon-api@4.3.0", "", {}, "sha512-73sE9+3UaLYYFmDsFZnqCInzPyh3MqIwZO9cw58yIqAZhONrrabrYyYe3TuIqtIiOuTXVhsGau8hcrhhwSsDIQ=="],
+
     "log-symbols/is-unicode-supported": ["is-unicode-supported@0.1.0", "", {}, "sha512-knxG2q4UC3u8stRGyAVJCOdxFmv5DZiRcdlIaAQXAbSfJya+OhopNotLQrstBhququ4ZpuKbDc/8S6mgXgPFPw=="],
 
     "log-update/slice-ansi": ["slice-ansi@7.1.2", "", { "dependencies": { "ansi-styles": "^6.2.1", "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^5.0.0" } }, "sha512-iOBWFgUX7caIZiuutICxVgX1SdxwAVFFKwt1EvMYYec/NWO5meOJ6K5uQxhrYBdQJne4KxiqZc+KptFOWFSI9w=="],
diff --git a/esbuild.js b/esbuild.js
index ba4a3a7..f7875a3 100644
--- a/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild.js
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ function copyWasmFiles() {
   copyFileSync(coreSrc, path.join(wasmDestDir, "web-tree-sitter.wasm"))
   console.log("Copied web-tree-sitter.wasm -> dist/wasm/")
 
-  // tree-sitter-python.wasm from wasm/ directory (checked into repo)
   const pythonSrc = path.join(
     import.meta.dirname,
-    "wasm",
+    "node_modules",
+    "tree-sitter-python",
     "tree-sitter-python.wasm",
   )
   copyFileSync(pythonSrc, path.join(wasmDestDir, "tree-sitter-python.wasm"))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6ebab6..39dd66e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
     "ovsx": "^1.0.1",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
     "sinon": "^22.0.0",
+    "tree-sitter-python": "^0.25.0",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/wasm/tree-sitter-python.wasm b/wasm/tree-sitter-python.wasm
deleted file mode 100644
index dc9de36..0000000
Binary files a/wasm/tree-sitter-python.wasm and /dev/null differ