diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index faf4a937..071fdb78 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;  OO_Copyright_BEGIN
 ;;
 ;;
-;;  Copyright 2010, 2021 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
+;;  Copyright 2010, 2026 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
 ;;
 ;;  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 ;;   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ ICU_MODULE_CFLAGS="`icu-config --cppflags 2> /dev/null`";
 ICU_MODULE_LIBS="`icu-config --ldflags 2> /dev/null`";
 if test -z "$ICU_MODULE_LIBS"
 then
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU_MODULE], [icu >= 0.21])
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU_MODULE], [icu-uc >= 0.21])
 fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([use latest ICU])