diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4af39bae735..091ce356a30 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -527,12 +527,12 @@ 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.71 icu-libs-71.1_1
-libicui18n.so.71 icu-libs-71.1_1
-libicudata.so.71 icu-libs-71.1_1
-libicutu.so.71 icu-libs-71.1_1
-libicuuc.so.71 icu-libs-71.1_1
-libicutest.so.71 icu-libs-71.1_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
 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 584a8bf5f75..7c7a2801e3d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # NOTE: Please convert this package to support progressive updates with the
 #       next soname bump.
 pkgname=icu
-version=71.1
+version=72.1
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc=source
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Randy McCaskill <randy@mccaskill.us>"
 license="ICU"
 homepage="https://home.unicode.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${version//./-}/icu4c-${version//./_}-src.tgz"
-checksum=67a7e6e51f61faf1306b6935333e13b2c48abd8da6d2f46ce6adca24b1e21ebf
+checksum=a2d2d38217092a7ed56635e34467f92f976b370e20182ad325edea6681a71d68
 
 CFLAGS=-fPIC
 CXXFLAGS=-fPIC