diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index abfa9b72e..0e727627a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "htmlescape",
  "hyper 1.7.0",
+ "icu_properties",
+ "icu_properties_data",
  "id_tree",
  "inflections",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -153,7 +155,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-appender",
  "tracing-subscriber",
- "unic-ucd-category",
  "unicase",
  "unicode-normalization",
  "windows 0.61.3",
@@ -3191,9 +3192,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "200072f5d0e3614556f94a9930d5dc3e0662a652823904c3a75dc3b0af7fee47"
+checksum = "4c6b649701667bbe825c3b7e6388cb521c23d88644678e83c0c4d0a621a34b43"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "potential_utf",
@@ -3204,9 +3205,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_locale_core"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cde2700ccaed3872079a65fb1a78f6c0a36c91570f28755dda67bc8f7d9f00a"
+checksum = "edba7861004dd3714265b4db54a3c390e880ab658fec5f7db895fae2046b5bb6"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "litemap",
@@ -3217,11 +3218,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_normalizer"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "436880e8e18df4d7bbc06d58432329d6458cc84531f7ac5f024e93deadb37979"
+checksum = "5f6c8828b67bf8908d82127b2054ea1b4427ff0230ee9141c54251934ab1b599"
 dependencies = [
- "displaydoc",
  "icu_collections",
  "icu_normalizer_data",
  "icu_properties",
@@ -3232,42 +3232,38 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_normalizer_data"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00210d6893afc98edb752b664b8890f0ef174c8adbb8d0be9710fa66fbbf72d3"
+checksum = "7aedcccd01fc5fe81e6b489c15b247b8b0690feb23304303a9e560f37efc560a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_properties"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "016c619c1eeb94efb86809b015c58f479963de65bdb6253345c1a1276f22e32b"
+checksum = "020bfc02fe870ec3a66d93e677ccca0562506e5872c650f893269e08615d74ec"
 dependencies = [
- "displaydoc",
  "icu_collections",
  "icu_locale_core",
  "icu_properties_data",
  "icu_provider",
- "potential_utf",
  "zerotrie",
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_properties_data"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "298459143998310acd25ffe6810ed544932242d3f07083eee1084d83a71bd632"
+checksum = "616c294cf8d725c6afcd8f55abc17c56464ef6211f9ed59cccffe534129c77af"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_provider"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03c80da27b5f4187909049ee2d72f276f0d9f99a42c306bd0131ecfe04d8e5af"
+checksum = "85962cf0ce02e1e0a629cc34e7ca3e373ce20dda4c4d7294bbd0bf1fdb59e614"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "icu_locale_core",
- "stable_deref_trait",
- "tinystr",
  "writeable",
  "yoke 0.8.0",
  "zerofrom",
@@ -3856,12 +3852,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matches"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -5798,10 +5788,11 @@ checksum = "1bc711410fbe7399f390ca1c3b60ad0f53f80e95c5eb935e52268a0e2cd49acc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+checksum = "9a8e94ea7f378bd32cbbd37198a4a91436180c5bb472411e48b5ec2e2124ae9e"
 dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
@@ -5837,10 +5828,19 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.219"
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+checksum = "41d385c7d4ca58e59fc732af25c3983b67ac852c1a25000afe1175de458b67ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.228"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -6835,27 +6835,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "yoke 0.7.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unic-char-property"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8c57a407d9b6fa02b4795eb81c5b6652060a15a7903ea981f3d723e6c0be221"
-dependencies = [
- "unic-char-range",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "unic-char-range"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0398022d5f700414f6b899e10b8348231abf9173fa93144cbc1a43b9793c1fbc"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "unic-common"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80d7ff825a6a654ee85a63e80f92f054f904f21e7d12da4e22f9834a4aaa35bc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unic-langid"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -6899,27 +6878,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unic-langid-impl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unic-ucd-category"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b8d4591f5fcfe1bd4453baaf803c40e1b1e69ff8455c47620440b46efef91c0"
-dependencies = [
- "matches",
- "unic-char-property",
- "unic-char-range",
- "unic-ucd-version",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "unic-ucd-version"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96bd2f2237fe450fcd0a1d2f5f4e91711124f7857ba2e964247776ebeeb7b0c4"
-dependencies = [
- "unic-common",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -7962,9 +7920,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea2f10b9bb0928dfb1b42b65e1f9e36f7f54dbdf08457afefb38afcdec4fa2bb"
+checksum = "9edde0db4769d2dc68579893f2306b26c6ecfbe0ef499b013d731b7b9247e0b9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
@@ -8020,7 +7978,6 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f41bb01b8226ef4bfd589436a297c53d118f65921786300e427be8d487695cc"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
  "stable_deref_trait",
  "yoke-derive 0.8.0",
  "zerofrom",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10a1f0246..fe1555726 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["max_level_trace", "release_max_leve
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["fmt", "env-filter"] }
 unic-langid = { version = "0.9.6", features = ["macros"] }
-unic-ucd-category = "0.9.0"
+icu_properties_data = "2.1.2"
+icu_properties = "2.1.2"
 unicode-normalization = "0.1.24"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 which = "8.0.0"
diff --git a/rslib/Cargo.toml b/rslib/Cargo.toml
index a79fd5d50..1639ac941 100644
--- a/rslib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rslib/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ tower-http.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-appender.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
-unic-ucd-category.workspace = true
+icu_properties_data.workspace = true
+icu_properties.workspace = true
 unicase.workspace = true
 unicode-normalization.workspace = true
 zip.workspace = true
diff --git a/rslib/src/media/files.rs b/rslib/src/media/files.rs
index b098eb19e..0b22471eb 100644
--- a/rslib/src/media/files.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/media/files.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ use anki_io::write_file;
 use anki_io::FileIoError;
 use anki_io::FileIoSnafu;
 use anki_io::FileOp;
+use icu_properties::props::EnumeratedProperty;
+use icu_properties::props::GeneralCategory;
 use regex::Regex;
 use sha1::Digest;
 use sha1::Sha1;
 use tracing::debug;
-use unic_ucd_category::GeneralCategory;
 use unicode_normalization::is_nfc;
 use unicode_normalization::UnicodeNormalization;
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ fn disallowed_char(char: char) -> bool {
         '[' | ']' | '<' | '>' | ':' | '"' | '/' | '?' | '*' | '^' | '\\' | '|' => true,
         c if c.is_ascii_control() => true,
         // Macs do not allow invalid Unicode characters like 05F8 to be in a filename.
-        c if GeneralCategory::of(c) == GeneralCategory::Unassigned => true,
+        c if GeneralCategory::for_char(c) == GeneralCategory::Unassigned => true,
         _ => false,
     }
 }
diff --git a/rslib/src/typeanswer.rs b/rslib/src/typeanswer.rs
index 9bf3dc47c..81dfa0296 100644
--- a/rslib/src/typeanswer.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/typeanswer.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use difflib::sequencematcher::SequenceMatcher;
+use icu_properties::props::EnumeratedProperty;
+use icu_properties::props::GeneralCategory;
+use icu_properties::props::GeneralCategoryGroup;
 use regex::Regex;
-use unic_ucd_category::GeneralCategory;
 use unicode_normalization::char::is_combining_mark;
 use unicode_normalization::UnicodeNormalization;
 
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ fn isolate_leading_mark(text: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
     if text
         .chars()
         .next()
-        .is_some_and(|c| GeneralCategory::of(c).is_mark())
+        .is_some_and(|c| GeneralCategoryGroup::Mark.contains(GeneralCategory::for_char(c)))
     {
         Cow::Owned(format!("\u{a0}{text}"))
     } else {