diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 44969096..ca6d9b5a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requests>=2.32.3
 httpx>=0.27.0
 charset-normalizer>=3.3.2
-chardet>=5.2.0
+chardet>=5.2.0,<6
 
 # Python exploitation / analysis frameworks referenced by tool recipes
 # angr>=9.2.96