diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 21521369c..95acc6ad5 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
     <httpcomponents.version>4.5.14</httpcomponents.version>
     <httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcore.version>
     <!-- versions greater than 62.2 are not compatible with icu4j handler in lucene 8.11.1 -->
-    <icu4j.version>62.2</icu4j.version>
+    <icu4j.version>78.1</icu4j.version>
     <imageio.version>1.4.0</imageio.version>
     <!-- jackrabbit 2.21.23 requires java 11 -->
     <jackrabbit.version>2.21.22</jackrabbit.version>