diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 737e452782a9c263f9e08273b73465b67fe7c310..9b3acdd36623f7bb7b3b15ee06a84a1a5ee9d184 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
             <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-            <version>70.1</version>
+            <version>72.1</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!--dependency>