diff --git a/.bazeliskrc b/.bazeliskrc
index 50138db20544..4ed8de85857e 100644
--- a/.bazeliskrc
+++ b/.bazeliskrc
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # for running Bazel commands while ensuring, through configuration, that only a
 # specific version of Bazel is executed.
 
-USE_BAZEL_VERSION=7.2.1
+USE_BAZEL_VERSION=7.6.1
diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 2129c13a3118..795a30383be4 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 # By default, build ICU4C as C11 & C++17.
 
+common --enable_bzlmod
+
 build --enable_platform_specific_config
 
 build:android --conlyopt=-std=c11
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 503e3e8135fb..96cbc8a4529b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 *_debug
 *_release
 bazel-*
+MODULE.bazel.lock
 cygicudata*
 libicu*
 libicutest*
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13d4d6dd5571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module(
+    name = "icu",
+    version = "77.2-dev",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_cc",
+    version = "0.2.2",
+)
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "platforms",
+    version = "1.0.0",
+)
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bzlmod b/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/vendor/double-conversion/upstream/BUILD b/vendor/double-conversion/upstream/BUILD
index 8c2eee564be6..33c380102f88 100644
--- a/vendor/double-conversion/upstream/BUILD
+++ b/vendor/double-conversion/upstream/BUILD
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ cc_library(
         "double-conversion/strtod.h",
         "double-conversion/utils.h",
     ],
+    includes = ["."],
     linkopts = [
         "-lm",
     ],