diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index 4f955a070f..e02f567aee 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
             <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-            <version>68.2</version>
+            <version>70.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>