diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 657471a..352b32a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-docx>=1.1",
     "python-pptx>=1.0",
     "striprtf>=0.0.29",
-    "chardet>=5.2,<6",
+    "chardet>=5.2,<8",
     "packaging>=24.2",
 ]