diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0625251c..6b253572 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
         <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-        <version>71.1</version>
+        <version>72.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Compile-time dependencies -->