diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7364fc0..c692051 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ aspy.yaml==1.3.0
 bandit==1.6.2
 certifi==2019.11.28
 cfgv==3.1.0
-chardet==3.0.4
+chardet==7.4.3
 detect-secrets==0.13.0
 gitdb2==4.0.1
 GitPython==3.0.5