diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index e83ee2d..6dde7ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ jobs:
         :: ------ dep ------
         set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%PWD%/dependencies_bin
         mkdir dependencies_src
-        :: ===== uchardet =====
-        echo ::group::build uchardet
-        git clone -q https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/BLumia/uchardet.git --branch msvc dependencies_src/uchardet
-        cmake .\dependencies_src\uchardet -Bbuild_dependencies/uchardet -DBUILD_BINARY=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="dependencies_bin" || goto :error
-        cmake --build build_dependencies/uchardet --config Release --target=install -j || goto :error
-        echo ::endgroup::
+        :: ===== ECM =====
+        git clone -q https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/extra-cmake-modules.git dependencies_src/extra-cmake-modules
+        cmake .\dependencies_src\extra-cmake-modules -Bbuild_dependencies/extra-cmake-modules -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="dependencies_bin" -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF || goto :error
+        cmake --build build_dependencies/extra-cmake-modules --config Release --target=install || goto :error
+        :: ===== Gperf (required by KCodecs) =====
+        choco install gperf
+        :: ===== KCodecs =====
+        git clone -q https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcodecs.git dependencies_src/kcodecs
+        cmake .\dependencies_src\kcodecs -Bbuild_dependencies/kcodecs -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="dependencies_bin" -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF || goto :error
+        cmake --build build_dependencies/kcodecs --config Release --target=install || goto :error
         :: ===== pkg-config =====
         choco install pkgconfiglite
         set PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%PWD%/dependencies_bin/lib/pkgconfig
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb0cb53..87409cc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 find_package(Qt6 6.6 COMPONENTS Widgets Multimedia Network LinguistTools REQUIRED)
-find_package(uchardet)
+find_package(KF6Codecs 6.1.0)
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 
 if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ else ()
     target_link_libraries(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE PkgConfig::TagLib)
 endif ()
 
-if (NOT uchardet_FOUND)
-    target_compile_definitions(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE NO_UCHARDET=1)
+if (NOT TARGET KF6::Codecs)
+    target_compile_definitions(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE NO_KCODECS=1)
 else ()
-    target_link_libraries (${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE uchardet::libuchardet)
+    target_link_libraries (${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE KF6::Codecs)
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE Qt::Widgets Qt::Multimedia Qt::Network)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 011999b..cf94d9d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,20 @@ build_script:
 # prepare
   - mkdir 3rdparty
   - choco install ninja
+  - choco install gperf
   - choco install pkgconfiglite
   - cd 3rdparty
-# build uchardet
-  - git clone -q https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/uchardet/uchardet.git
-  - cd uchardet
-  - cmake -G "Ninja" . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%PACKAGE_INSTALL_ROOT% -DBUILD_BINARY=OFF
+# install ECM
+  - git clone -q https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/extra-cmake-modules.git
+  - git rev-parse HEAD
+  - cd extra-cmake-modules
+  - cmake -G "Ninja" . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%PACKAGE_INSTALL_ROOT% -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+  - cmake --build . --target install
+  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
+# build kcodecs
+  - git clone -q https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcodecs.git
+  - cd kcodecs
+  - cmake -G "Ninja" . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%PACKAGE_INSTALL_ROOT% -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
   - cmake --build . --target install
   - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
 # build taglib
diff --git a/lyricsmanager.cpp b/lyricsmanager.cpp
index 81054a6..31cf928 100644
--- a/lyricsmanager.cpp
+++ b/lyricsmanager.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QStringConverter>
 
-#ifndef NO_UCHARDET
-#include <uchardet/uchardet.h>
+#ifndef NO_KCODECS
+#include <KCharsets>
+#include <KCodecs>
+#include <KEncodingProber>
 #endif
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcLyrics, "pmusic.lyrics")
@@ -44,21 +46,23 @@ bool LyricsManager::loadLyrics(QString filepath)
         return false;
     }
     QByteArray fileContent(file.readAll());
-#ifndef NO_UCHARDET
-    uchardet_t handle = uchardet_new();
-    uchardet_handle_data(handle, fileContent.data(), fileContent.length());
-    uchardet_data_end(handle);
-    const char* encoding = uchardet_get_charset(handle);
-    qCDebug(lcLyrics) << "Detected encoding:" << (encoding == NULL ? "unknown" : encoding);
+#ifndef NO_KCODECS
+    KEncodingProber prober(KEncodingProber::Universal);
+    prober.feed(fileContent);
+    QByteArray encoding(prober.encoding());
+    qCDebug(lcLyrics) << "Detected encoding:" << QString(encoding) << "with confidence" << prober.confidence();
+    auto toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(encoding);
     QStringList lines;
-    if (QStringConverter::availableCodecs().contains(QString(encoding))) {
-        auto toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(encoding);
+    // Don't use `QStringConverter::availableCodecs().contains(QString(encoding))` here, since the charset
+    // encoding name might not match, e.g. GB18030 (from availableCodecs) != gb18030 (from KEncodingProber)
+    if (toUtf16.isValid()) {
         QString decodedResult = toUtf16(fileContent);
         lines = decodedResult.split('\n');
     } else {
+        qCDebug(lcLyrics) << "No codec for the detected encoding. Available codecs are:" << QStringConverter::availableCodecs();
+        qCDebug(lcLyrics) << "KCodecs offers these encodings:" << KCharsets::charsets()->availableEncodingNames();
         lines = QString(fileContent).split('\n');
     }
-    uchardet_delete(handle);
 #else
     QStringList lines = QString(fileContent).split('\n');
 #endif
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 40b3239..6f7cb04 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionHelp_triggered()
 #ifndef NO_TAGLIB
         QStringLiteral("- [TagLib](https://github.com/taglib/taglib)\n") %
 #endif // NO_TAGLIB
-#ifndef NO_UCHARDET
-        QStringLiteral("- [uchardet](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/uchardet/)\n") %
+#ifndef NO_KCODECS
+        QStringLiteral("- [KCodecs](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcodecs)\n") %
 #endif // NO_TAGLIB
         "\n"
         "[Source Code](https://github.com/BLumia/pineapple-music)\n"