diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7dac76..3b6a5b8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pyyaml>=6.0.2,<7.0.0",
   "anyio>=4.8.0,<5.0.0",
   "pygit2>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+  "cchardet==2.2.0a2; python_version < '3.14'",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 36d8157..33f4dae 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7e/c1/ec214e9c94000d1c1974ec67ced1c970c148aa6b8d8373066123fc3dbf06/Brotli-1.1.0-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:9011560a466d2eb3f5a6e4929cf4a09be405c64154e12df0dd72713f6500e32b", size = 358517 },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cchardet"
+version = "2.2.0a2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4c/c2/0e4364a4d6ce1a67f46bbce0731dee4d910ae1ee4467bd36ee68bd0cdd8b/cchardet-2.2.0a2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd72bb1872eca9d279055bc7c3491a62ce1db7bfd330b7d48d7239a59c2f9823", size = 1111020 }
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cffi"
 version = "1.17.1"
@@ -328,6 +334,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },
+    { name = "cchardet", marker = "python_full_version < '3.14'" },
     { name = "discord-py", extra = ["speed"] },
     { name = "jishaku" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
@@ -351,6 +358,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "anyio", specifier = ">=4.8.0,<5.0.0" },
+    { name = "cchardet", marker = "python_full_version < '3.14'", specifier = "==2.2.0a2" },
     { name = "discord-py", extras = ["speed"], git = "https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py?rev=master" },
     { name = "jishaku", specifier = ">=2.6.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">2.0" },