diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 22b4adcca24..fe63cfc2894 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
          in Apache Tika eval core, possibly related to using an "old" lucene version:
          https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/issues/1744
     -->
-    <icu4j.version>75.1</icu4j.version>
+    <icu4j.version>78.1</icu4j.version>
     <imageio.version>1.4.0</imageio.version>
     <jackrabbit.version>2.23.2-beta</jackrabbit.version>
     <jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>