diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-icu/002-fix-mingw-build.patch b/mingw-w64-python-icu/002-fix-mingw-build.patch
index 0daf58cb3d..32a18bdc3e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-icu/002-fix-mingw-build.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-icu/002-fix-mingw-build.patch
@@ -27,17 +27,15 @@
      'sunos5': [],
      'cygwin': [],
  }
-@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
-                '-DPYICU_ICU_MAX_VER="%s"' %(ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)],
-     'freebsd': ['-DPYICU_VER="%s"' %(VERSION),
-                '-DPYICU_ICU_MAX_VER="%s"' %(ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)],
--    'win32': ['/DPYICU_VER=\\"%s\\"' %(VERSION),
--               '/DPYICU_ICU_MAX_VER=\\"%s\\"' %(ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)],
-+    'win32': ['-DPYICU_VER=\"%s\"' %(VERSION),
-+               '-DPYICU_ICU_MAX_VER=\"%s\"' %(ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)],
-     'sunos5': ['-DPYICU_VER="%s"' %(VERSION),
-                '-DPYICU_ICU_MAX_VER="%s"' %(ICU_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION)],
-     'cygwin': ['-DPYICU_VER="%s"' %(VERSION),
+@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3,9):
+-    ver_flag = '/D%s=\\"%s\\"'
++    ver_flag = '-D%s=\"%s\"'
+ else:
+     ver_flag = '-D%s="%s"'
+ 
 @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
      'darwin': [],
      'linux': [],
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-icu/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-icu/PKGBUILD
index da0962e24b..bd835e4fe2 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-icu/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-icu/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-icu")
 provides=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-icu")
 conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-icu")
 replaces=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-icu")
-pkgver=2.5
+pkgver=2.6
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
 source=("https://pypi.io/packages/source/P/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         001-icu-config.patch
         002-fix-mingw-build.patch)
-sha256sums=('a120b68c53f769f37bfb70b7e84ca12c3f4ab1e4df43e87a02dff05ae472cdbc'
+sha256sums=('a9a5bf6833360f8f69e9375b91c1a7dd6e0c9157a42aee5bb7d6891804d96371'
             '5d2ac5d95096a78b4d853254a199286284df6032c63e716c158c8d049c2cd41e'
-            '3e8f619363b3f5b89d2e4c99432b378ba3578e7d9ef6dd6f6aa920a2cee84e1d')
+            '8c24053a15cc8b942cde3418f0376e0ae5261ef7fa0b4986afd2e8236c123d14')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"