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diff --git a/deps/utf8proc.version b/deps/utf8proc.version
index 32a970d0a12d1..c7ce18beec728 100644
--- a/deps/utf8proc.version
+++ b/deps/utf8proc.version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-UTF8PROC_BRANCH=v2.5.0
-UTF8PROC_SHA1=0890a538bf8238cded9be0c81171f57e43f2c755
+UTF8PROC_BRANCH=v2.6.0
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diff --git a/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
index d84137de11054..b36bcf4421239 100644
--- a/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ end
     @test collect(g) == ["1","2","3","α","5"]
 end
 
+@testset "#37680: initial graphemes" begin
+    @test collect(graphemes("🤦🏼‍♂️")) == ["🤦🏼‍♂️"]
+    @test collect(graphemes("👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏽")) == ["👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏽"]
+    @test collect(graphemes("🇸🇪🇸🇪")) == ["🇸🇪","🇸🇪"]
+end
+
 @testset "uppercasefirst/lowercasefirst" begin
     @test uppercasefirst("Hola")=="Hola"
     @test uppercasefirst("hola")=="Hola"