diff --git a/src/cargo/util/context/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/context/mod.rs
index 914d57f2138d..9544ef9d9efb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/context/mod.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 //! desired type.
 
 use crate::util::cache_lock::{CacheLock, CacheLockMode, CacheLocker};
+use annotate_snippets::Renderer;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
 use std::collections::hash_map::Entry::{Occupied, Vacant};
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ pub struct GlobalContext {
     /// A cache of modifications to make to [`GlobalContext::global_cache_tracker`],
     /// saved to disk in a batch to improve performance.
     deferred_global_last_use: LazyCell<RefCell<DeferredGlobalLastUse>>,
+    /// The renderer to use for outputting diagnostics.
+    renderer: Renderer,
 }
 
 impl GlobalContext {
@@ -281,6 +284,13 @@ impl GlobalContext {
             _ => true,
         };
 
+        let renderer = Renderer::styled().term_width(
+            shell
+                .err_width()
+                .diagnostic_terminal_width()
+                .unwrap_or(annotate_snippets::renderer::DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH),
+        );
+
         GlobalContext {
             home_path: Filesystem::new(homedir),
             shell: RefCell::new(shell),
@@ -326,6 +336,7 @@ impl GlobalContext {
             ws_roots: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
             global_cache_tracker: LazyCell::new(),
             deferred_global_last_use: LazyCell::new(),
+            renderer,
         }
     }
 
@@ -412,6 +423,10 @@ impl GlobalContext {
         self.shell.borrow_mut()
     }
 
+    pub fn renderer(&self) -> &Renderer {
+        &self.renderer
+    }
+
     /// Gets the path to the `rustdoc` executable.
     pub fn rustdoc(&self) -> CargoResult<&Path> {
         self.rustdoc
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/lints.rs b/src/cargo/util/lints.rs
index fd462166aa1a..bd91d7c9c192 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/lints.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/lints.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::core::FeatureValue::Dep;
 use crate::core::{Edition, FeatureValue, Package};
 use crate::util::interning::InternedString;
 use crate::{CargoResult, GlobalContext};
-use annotate_snippets::{Level, Renderer, Snippet};
+use annotate_snippets::{Level, Snippet};
 use cargo_util_schemas::manifest::{TomlLintLevel, TomlToolLints};
 use pathdiff::diff_paths;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -270,13 +270,7 @@ pub fn check_im_a_teapot(
                     .fold(true),
             )
             .footer(Level::Note.title(&emitted_reason));
-        let renderer = Renderer::styled().term_width(
-            gctx.shell()
-                .err_width()
-                .diagnostic_terminal_width()
-                .unwrap_or(annotate_snippets::renderer::DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH),
-        );
-        writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", renderer.render(message))?;
+        writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", gctx.renderer().render(message))?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -367,13 +361,7 @@ pub fn check_implicit_features(
             ));
             message = message.footer(Level::Note.title(emitted_source.as_ref().unwrap()));
         }
-        let renderer = Renderer::styled().term_width(
-            gctx.shell()
-                .err_width()
-                .diagnostic_terminal_width()
-                .unwrap_or(annotate_snippets::renderer::DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH),
-        );
-        writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", renderer.render(message))?;
+        writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", gctx.renderer().render(message))?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -476,13 +464,7 @@ pub fn unused_dependencies(
                         "remove the dependency or activate it in a feature with `dep:{name}`"
                     );
                     message = message.footer(Level::Help.title(&help));
-                    let renderer = Renderer::styled().term_width(
-                        gctx.shell()
-                            .err_width()
-                            .diagnostic_terminal_width()
-                            .unwrap_or(annotate_snippets::renderer::DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH),
-                    );
-                    writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", renderer.render(message))?;
+                    writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", gctx.renderer().render(message))?;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index 96720937a922..fe4fd93105bb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use annotate_snippets::{Level, Renderer, Snippet};
+use annotate_snippets::{Level, Snippet};
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -2309,13 +2309,7 @@ fn emit_diagnostic(
             .fold(true)
             .annotation(Level::Error.span(span)),
     );
-    let renderer = Renderer::styled().term_width(
-        gctx.shell()
-            .err_width()
-            .diagnostic_terminal_width()
-            .unwrap_or(annotate_snippets::renderer::DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH),
-    );
-    if let Err(err) = writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", renderer.render(message)) {
+    if let Err(err) = writeln!(gctx.shell().err(), "{}", gctx.renderer().render(message)) {
         return err.into();
     }
     return AlreadyPrintedError::new(e.into()).into();