diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b0b3edc..a8c3f52 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 REQUIREMENTS = [
     'Django==1.7.7',
     'pytz>=2011n',
-    'chardet==2.3.0',
+    'chardet>=1.0.1',
     'python-dateutil==1.5',
     'django-cliauth==0.9.1',
     'django-mobile==0.3.0',
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libgit2 0.21.2