diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ff65aaeca1..8a98dcef9e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repos:
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
 
   - repo: https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen
-    rev: v2.29.3 # automatically updated by Commitizen
+    rev: v2.29.4 # automatically updated by Commitizen
     hooks:
       - id: commitizen
         stages: [commit-msg]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4305887cf2..764601f996 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+## v2.29.4 (2022-08-05)
+
+### Refactor
+
+- **tool**: use charset_normalizer instead of chardet
+
 ## v2.29.3 (2022-08-02)
 
 ### Refactor
diff --git a/commitizen/__version__.py b/commitizen/__version__.py
index f99856f5d7..b13db77634 100644
--- a/commitizen/__version__.py
+++ b/commitizen/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.29.3"
+__version__ = "2.29.4"
diff --git a/commitizen/cmd.py b/commitizen/cmd.py
index f65f5c8e76..7f4efb6ad2 100644
--- a/commitizen/cmd.py
+++ b/commitizen/cmd.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import subprocess
 from typing import NamedTuple
 
-import chardet
+from charset_normalizer import from_bytes
 
 
 class Command(NamedTuple):
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ def run(cmd: str) -> Command:
     stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
     return_code = process.returncode
     return Command(
-        stdout.decode(chardet.detect(stdout)["encoding"] or "utf-8"),
-        stderr.decode(chardet.detect(stderr)["encoding"] or "utf-8"),
+        str(from_bytes(stdout).best()),
+        str(from_bytes(stderr).best()),
         stdout,
         stderr,
         return_code,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 886c3e6a74..ba93878de3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "2.29.3"
+version = "2.29.4"
 tag_format = "v$version"
 version_files = [
   "pyproject.toml:version",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exclude = '''
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "commitizen"
-version = "2.29.3"
+version = "2.29.4"
 description = "Python commitizen client tool"
 authors = ["Santiago Fraire <santiwilly@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jinja2 = ">=2.10.3"
 pyyaml = ">=3.08"
 argcomplete = "^1.12.1"
 typing-extensions = "^4.0.1"
-chardet = "^5.0.0"
+charset-normalizer = "^2.1.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 ipython = "^7.2"
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ mkdocs = "^1.0"
 mkdocs-material = "^4.1"
 pydocstyle = "^5.0.2"
 pytest-xdist = "^2.5.0"
-types-chardet = "^5.0.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 cz = "commitizen.cli:main"