diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5c63943..f1dbb59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           uses: "actions/checkout@v3",
           with: {
             repository: "unicode-org/icu",
-            ref: "release-71-1",
+            ref: "release-72-1",
             path: "icu",
           },
         },
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1fb27d8..6c3951c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rofi-bw"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df3b34b..00c4e1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Therefore I recommend defining a wrapper script at `~/.local/bin/rofi-bw`:
 
 ```sh
 #!/bin/sh
-ICU_DATA=/usr/share/icu/71.1 exec /usr/local/bin/rofi-bw "$@"
+ICU_DATA=/usr/share/icu/72.1 exec /usr/local/bin/rofi-bw "$@"
 ```
 
 ### From source