diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b665c69..f897c854 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
       <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-      <version>71.1</version>
+      <version>72.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>