diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e4d69419cfa..7b09f9d234c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -528,12 +528,12 @@ libkImageAnnotator.so.0 kImageAnnotator-0.4.1_1
 libkColorPicker.so.0 kColorPicker-0.1.5_1
 libbabl-0.1.so.0 babl-0.1.16_1
 libbamf3.so.2 bamf-0.5.1_1
-libicuio.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
-libicui18n.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
-libicudata.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
-libicutu.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
-libicuuc.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
-libicutest.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_1
+libicuio.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
+libicui18n.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
+libicudata.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
+libicutu.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
+libicuuc.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
+libicutest.so.72 icu-libs-72.1_2
 libaspell.so.15 libaspell-0.60.8_2
 libpspell.so.15 libaspell-0.60.8_2
 libenchant-2.so.2 enchant2-2.2.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu/template b/srcpkgs/icu/template
index 7c7a2801e3d..50abf1f34b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #       next soname bump.
 pkgname=icu
 version=72.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_wrksrc=source
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # use archive data instead of .so data for correct cross-compiling
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ homepage="https://home.unicode.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${version//./-}/icu4c-${version//./_}-src.tgz"
 checksum=a2d2d38217092a7ed56635e34467f92f976b370e20182ad325edea6681a71d68
 
-CFLAGS=-fPIC
-CXXFLAGS=-fPIC
+CFLAGS="-fPIC  -D_LARGE_FILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+CXXFLAGS="-fPIC  -D_LARGE_FILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
 
 # we will be managing icudata manually, because when cross-compiling for
 # another endianness the output data is broken... fortunately, we can use