diff --git a/gnu/packages/node.scm b/gnu/packages/node.scm
index c8d81fbd22..2839348554 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/node.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/node.scm
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ source files.")
      (list ;; Runtime dependencies for binaries used as a bootstrap.
            c-ares-for-node
            brotli
-           icu4c-70
+           icu4c-71
            libuv-for-node
            `(,nghttp2 "lib")
            openssl
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ source files.")
      (list bash-minimal
            coreutils
            c-ares-for-node
-           icu4c-70
+           icu4c-71
            libuv-for-node
            llhttp-bootstrap
            brotli