diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index c2e076a5c2f..ce02f3b6da0 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <apache.xmlrpc.version>3.1.3</apache.xmlrpc.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.4</aspectj.version>
         <exquery.distribution.version>0.2.0</exquery.distribution.version>
-        <icu.version>59.1</icu.version>
+        <icu.version>70.1</icu.version>
         <izpack.version>5.1.3</izpack.version>
         <jaxb.api.version>3.0.1</jaxb.api.version>
         <jaxb.impl.version>3.0.2</jaxb.impl.version>