diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/icu4c.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/icu4c.py
index cc1587a..eee7c2e 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/icu4c.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/icu4c.py
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 from .base import (
     Dependency,
-    SvnClone,
+    ReleaseDownload,
     MakeBuilder
 )
 
-from kiwixbuild.utils import SkipCommand
+from kiwixbuild.utils import SkipCommand, Remotefile
 from kiwixbuild._global import get_target_step
 
 class Icu(Dependency):
     name = "icu4c"
 
-    class Source(SvnClone):
-        name = "icu4c"
-        svn_remote = "http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/tags/release-58-2/icu4c"
-        svn_dir = "icu4c"
-
+    class Source(ReleaseDownload):
+        archive = Remotefile('icu4c_svn_58-2.tar.gz',
+                             'fd8fcc1f1b8b2b71b879e88844480ebec107189c21076c81573f71dca5686a0d')
         patches = ["icu4c_fix_static_lib_name_mingw.patch",
                    "icu4c_android_elf64_st_info.patch",
                    "icu4c_custom_data.patch",
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/versions.py b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
index 095d8c1..38b3c3e 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/versions.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ main_project_versions = {
 
 # This is the "version" of the whole base_deps_versions dict.
 # Change this when you change base_deps_versions.
-base_deps_meta_version = '9'
+base_deps_meta_version = '10'
 
 
 base_deps_versions = {