diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f8b5124..9642264 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         "rize/uri-template": "^0.4.1 || ^0.3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "clue/caret-notation": "^0.2",
         "clue/tar-react": "^0.2",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^8.5 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
         "react/async": "^4.3 || ^3 || ^2"
diff --git a/examples/archive.php b/examples/archive.php
index 754c6b3..6e09e9a 100644
--- a/examples/archive.php
+++ b/examples/archive.php
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 
 $tar = new Clue\React\Tar\Decoder();
 
-// use caret notation for any control characters except \t, \r and \n
-$caret = new Clue\CaretNotation\Encoder("\t\r\n");
-
-$tar->on('entry', function ($header, React\Stream\ReadableStreamInterface $file) use ($caret) {
+$tar->on('entry', function ($header, React\Stream\ReadableStreamInterface $file) {
     // write each entry to the console output
-    echo '########## ' . $caret->encode($header['filename']) . ' ##########' . PHP_EOL;
-    $file->on('data', function ($chunk) use ($caret) {
-        echo $caret->encode($chunk);
+    echo '########## ' . $header['filename'] . ' ##########' . PHP_EOL;
+    $file->on('data', function ($chunk) {
+        // escape control characters except \t, \r and \n
+        echo addcslashes($chunk, "\x00..\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e..\x1f\x7f");
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/examples/attach-stream.php b/examples/attach-stream.php
index 5a9f2d5..f795f4a 100644
--- a/examples/attach-stream.php
+++ b/examples/attach-stream.php
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
 
 $client = new Clue\React\Docker\Client();
 
-// use caret notation for any control characters except \t, \r and \n
-$caret = new Clue\CaretNotation\Encoder("\t\r\n");
-
 $stream = $client->containerAttachStream($container, true, true);
 
-$stream->on('data', function ($data) use ($caret) {
-    echo $caret->encode($data);
+$stream->on('data', function ($data) {
+    // escape control characters except \t, \r and \n
+    echo addcslashes($data, "\x00..\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e..\x1f\x7f");
 });
 
 $stream->on('error', function (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/examples/logs-stream.php b/examples/logs-stream.php
index 3aae06b..936ada2 100644
--- a/examples/logs-stream.php
+++ b/examples/logs-stream.php
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@
 
 $client = new Clue\React\Docker\Client();
 
-// use caret notation for any control characters except \t, \r and \n
-$caret = new Clue\CaretNotation\Encoder("\t\r\n");
-
 $stream = $client->containerLogsStream($container, true, true, true, 0, false, 100);
 
-$stream->on('data', function ($data) use ($caret) {
-    echo $caret->encode($data);
+$stream->on('data', function ($data) {
+    // escape control characters except \t, \r and \n
+    echo addcslashes($data, "\x00..\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e..\x1f\x7f");
 });
 
 $stream->on('error', function (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/examples/logs.php b/examples/logs.php
index 3ac3844..b0645b8 100644
--- a/examples/logs.php
+++ b/examples/logs.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // $ php examples/logs.php foo
 // $ docker rm foo
 
-use Clue\CaretNotation\Encoder;
 use Clue\React\Docker\Client;
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ function ($logs) {
         echo 'Received the following logs:' . PHP_EOL;
 
         // escape control characters (dumping logs of vi/nano etc.)
-        $caret = new Clue\CaretNotation\Encoder("\t\r\n");
-        echo $caret->encode($logs);
+        echo addcslashes($logs, "\x00..\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e..\x1f\x7f");
     },
     function (Exception $e) use ($container) {
         echo <<<EOT