diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e16b110..40ba708 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
           <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-          <version>77.1</version>
+          <version>78.1</version>
       </dependency>        
       </dependencies>
 </project>