diff --git a/libs/icu/Makefile b/libs/icu/Makefile
index 239754134e..3534d5d806 100644
--- a/libs/icu/Makefile
+++ b/libs/icu/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=icu4c
-MAJOR_VERSION:=71
+MAJOR_VERSION:=72
 MINOR_VERSION:=1
 PKG_VERSION:=$(MAJOR_VERSION).$(MINOR_VERSION)
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(MAJOR_VERSION)_$(MINOR_VERSION)-src.tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-$(MAJOR_VERSION)-$(MINOR_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=67a7e6e51f61faf1306b6935333e13b2c48abd8da6d2f46ce6adca24b1e21ebf
+PKG_HASH:=a2d2d38217092a7ed56635e34467f92f976b370e20182ad325edea6681a71d68
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=ICU
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/libs/icu/patches/001-change_optimization_option.patch b/libs/icu/patches/001-change_optimization_option.patch
index f4ee626d75..9b6c3214e3 100644
--- a/libs/icu/patches/001-change_optimization_option.patch
+++ b/libs/icu/patches/001-change_optimization_option.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/runConfigureICU
 +++ b/runConfigureICU
-@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ case $platform in
+@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ case $platform in
          THE_COMP="the GNU C++"
          CC=gcc; export CC
          CXX=g++; export CXX