diff --git a/core/icu/PKGBUILD b/core/icu/PKGBUILD
index a26255917..b2f8ca74b 100644
--- a/core/icu/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/icu/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@
 #  - remove check for clang in configure - picks up distcc
 
 pkgname=icu
-pkgver=69.1
+pkgver=70.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="International Components for Unicode library"
 arch=(x86_64)
-url="http://site.icu-project.org/home"
+url="https://icu.unicode.org"
 license=('custom:icu')
 depends=('gcc-libs' 'sh')
 makedepends=('python')
 provides=(libicu{data,i18n,io,test,tu,uc}.so)
 source=(https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${pkgver//./-}/${pkgname}4c-${pkgver//./_}-src.tgz{,.asc}
         icudata-stdlibs.patch)
-# https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-69-1/SHASUM512.txt
-sha512sums=('d4aeb781715144ea6e3c6b98df5bbe0490bfa3175221a1d667f3e6851b7bd4a638fa4a37d4a921ccb31f02b5d15a6dded9464d98051964a86f7b1cde0ff0aab7'
+# https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-70-1/SHASUM512.txt
+sha512sums=('0b26ae7207155cb65a8fdb25f7b2fa4431e74b12bccbed0884a17feaae3c96833d12451064dd152197fd6ea5fd3adfd95594284a463e66c82e0d860f645880c9'
             'SKIP'
             '8f13898c2b2d69ef516ee0831a73e5865676795716e7becac4457e208642bfdffb42f2a9280e99dcc10303ad721f5dc2e10ef83c633bd723044e98cc72c6bc7b')
-validpgpkeys=('BA90283A60D67BA0DD910A893932080F4FB419E3') #  "Steven R. Loomis (filfla-signing) <srloomis@us.ibm.com>" 
-validpgpkeys+=('9731166CD8E23A83BEE7C6D3ACA5DBE1FD8FABF1') #  "Steven R. Loomis (ICU Project) <srl@icu-project.org>" 
-validpgpkeys+=('FFA9129A180D765B7A5BEA1C9B432B27D1BA20D7') # "Fredrik Roubert <fredrik@roubert.name>"
-validpgpkeys+=('E4098B78AFC94394F3F49AA903996C7C83F12F11') # "keybase.io/srl295 <srl295@keybase.io>"
-validpgpkeys+=('4569BBC09DA846FC91CBD21CE1BBA44593CF2AE0') # "Steven R. Loomis (codesign-qormi) <srloomis@us.ibm.com>"
-validpgpkeys+=('0E51E7F06EF719FBD072782A5F56E5AFA63CCD33') #"Craig Cornelius (For use with ICU releases) <ccornelius@google.com>"
+#validpgpkeys=('BA90283A60D67BA0DD910A893932080F4FB419E3') #  "Steven R. Loomis (filfla-signing) <srloomis@us.ibm.com>" 
+#validpgpkeys+=('9731166CD8E23A83BEE7C6D3ACA5DBE1FD8FABF1') #  "Steven R. Loomis (ICU Project) <srl@icu-project.org>" 
+#validpgpkeys+=('FFA9129A180D765B7A5BEA1C9B432B27D1BA20D7') # "Fredrik Roubert <fredrik@roubert.name>"
+#validpgpkeys+=('E4098B78AFC94394F3F49AA903996C7C83F12F11') # "keybase.io/srl295 <srl295@keybase.io>"
+#validpgpkeys+=('4569BBC09DA846FC91CBD21CE1BBA44593CF2AE0') # "Steven R. Loomis (codesign-qormi) <srloomis@us.ibm.com>"
+validpgpkeys=('0E51E7F06EF719FBD072782A5F56E5AFA63CCD33') #"Craig Cornelius (For use with ICU releases) <ccornelius@google.com>"
 
 prepare() {
   cd icu/source