diff --git a/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
index f4bae5ad6..45e65d845 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
       fail-fast: false
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/cmd2/utils.py b/cmd2/utils.py
index da01ff390..fac5f07fb 100644
--- a/cmd2/utils.py
+++ b/cmd2/utils.py
@@ -183,14 +183,12 @@ def is_text_file(file_path: str) -> bool:
     :return: True if the file is a non-empty text file, otherwise False
     :raises OSError: if file can't be read
     """
-    import codecs
-
     expanded_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(file_path.strip()))
     valid_text_file = False
 
     # Only need to check for utf-8 compliance since that covers ASCII, too
     try:
-        with codecs.open(expanded_path, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict') as f:
+        with open(expanded_path, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict') as f:
             # Make sure the file has only utf-8 text and is not empty
             if sum(1 for _ in f) > 0:
                 valid_text_file = True