diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05b0487af..cef74b6ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requests-file
 
 # urllib3==1.26.19  # Unpinned - let requests decide compatible version
 # If specific version needed for security, use urllib3>=1.26.19,<3.0
-chardet>2.3.0
+chardet>=7.6.0
 
 wtforms~=3.2
 jsonpath-ng~=1.8.0