diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/69.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/69.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cea41daadb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/69.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import ./base.nix {
+  version = "69.1";
+  sha256 = "0icps0avkwy5df3wwc5kybxcg63hcgk4phdh9g244g0xrmx7pfjc";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 439693789014..1b13d81e17b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15037,8 +15037,13 @@ in
   } // (lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 && stdenv.cc.isGNU) {
       stdenv = gcc6Stdenv; # with gcc-7: undefined reference to `__divmoddi4'
     }));
+  icu69 = callPackage ../development/libraries/icu/69.nix ({
+    nativeBuildRoot = buildPackages.icu69.override { buildRootOnly = true; };
+  } // (lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 && stdenv.cc.isGNU) {
+      stdenv = gcc6Stdenv; # with gcc-7: undefined reference to `__divmoddi4'
+    }));
 
-  icu = icu68;
+  icu = icu69;
 
   id3lib = callPackage ../development/libraries/id3lib { };