diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1689877bb97ca..365e8f9a61e1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1454,12 +1454,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "200072f5d0e3614556f94a9930d5dc3e0662a652823904c3a75dc3b0af7fee47"
+checksum = "2984d1cd16c883d7935b9e07e44071dca8d917fd52ecc02c04d5fa0b5a3f191c"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "potential_utf",
+ "utf8_iter",
  "yoke",
  "zerofrom",
  "zerovec",
@@ -1467,9 +1468,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_locale_core"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cde2700ccaed3872079a65fb1a78f6c0a36c91570f28755dda67bc8f7d9f00a"
+checksum = "92219b62b3e2b4d88ac5119f8904c10f8f61bf7e95b640d25ba3075e6cac2c29"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "litemap",
@@ -1480,11 +1481,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_normalizer"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "436880e8e18df4d7bbc06d58432329d6458cc84531f7ac5f024e93deadb37979"
+checksum = "c56e5ee99d6e3d33bd91c5d85458b6005a22140021cc324cea84dd0e72cff3b4"
 dependencies = [
- "displaydoc",
  "icu_collections",
  "icu_normalizer_data",
  "icu_properties",
@@ -1495,42 +1495,38 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_normalizer_data"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00210d6893afc98edb752b664b8890f0ef174c8adbb8d0be9710fa66fbbf72d3"
+checksum = "da3be0ae77ea334f4da67c12f149704f19f81d1adf7c51cf482943e84a2bad38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_properties"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "016c619c1eeb94efb86809b015c58f479963de65bdb6253345c1a1276f22e32b"
+checksum = "bee3b67d0ea5c2cca5003417989af8996f8604e34fb9ddf96208a033901e70de"
 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 = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "298459143998310acd25ffe6810ed544932242d3f07083eee1084d83a71bd632"
+checksum = "8e2bbb201e0c04f7b4b3e14382af113e17ba4f63e2c9d2ee626b720cbce54a14"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_provider"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03c80da27b5f4187909049ee2d72f276f0d9f99a42c306bd0131ecfe04d8e5af"
+checksum = "139c4cf31c8b5f33d7e199446eff9c1e02decfc2f0eec2c8d71f65befa45b421"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "icu_locale_core",
- "stable_deref_trait",
- "tinystr",
  "writeable",
  "yoke",
  "zerofrom",
@@ -2045,12 +2041,6 @@ 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 = "0.9.1"
@@ -3397,9 +3387,9 @@ name = "ruff_python_literal"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "icu_properties",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "ruff_python_ast",
- "unic-ucd-category",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4205,9 +4195,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d4f6d1145dcb577acf783d4e601bc1d76a13337bb54e6233add580b07344c8b"
+checksum = "c8323304221c2a851516f22236c5722a72eaa19749016521d6dff0824447d96d"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "zerovec",
@@ -4809,48 +4799,6 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
 
-[[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-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 = "unicode-id"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -5599,9 +5547,9 @@ 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 = "wyz"
@@ -5620,11 +5568,10 @@ checksum = "cfe53a6657fd280eaa890a3bc59152892ffa3e30101319d168b781ed6529b049"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f41bb01b8226ef4bfd589436a297c53d118f65921786300e427be8d487695cc"
+checksum = "abe8c5fda708d9ca3df187cae8bfb9ceda00dd96231bed36e445a1a48e66f9ca"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
  "stable_deref_trait",
  "yoke-derive",
  "zerofrom",
@@ -5632,9 +5579,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke-derive"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38da3c9736e16c5d3c8c597a9aaa5d1fa565d0532ae05e27c24aa62fb32c0ab6"
+checksum = "de844c262c8848816172cef550288e7dc6c7b7814b4ee56b3e1553f275f1858e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5685,9 +5632,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerotrie"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36f0bbd478583f79edad978b407914f61b2972f5af6fa089686016be8f9af595"
+checksum = "0f9152d31db0792fa83f70fb2f83148effb5c1f5b8c7686c3459e361d9bc20bf"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "yoke",
@@ -5696,9 +5643,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerovec"
-version = "0.11.4"
+version = "0.11.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7aa2bd55086f1ab526693ecbe444205da57e25f4489879da80635a46d90e73b"
+checksum = "90f911cbc359ab6af17377d242225f4d75119aec87ea711a880987b18cd7b239"
 dependencies = [
  "yoke",
  "zerofrom",
@@ -5707,9 +5654,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerovec-derive"
-version = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b96237efa0c878c64bd89c436f661be4e46b2f3eff1ebb976f7ef2321d2f58f"
+checksum = "625dc425cab0dca6dc3c3319506e6593dcb08a9f387ea3b284dbd52a92c40555"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88507fc135b93..8ca881540e684 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ hashbrown = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "inline-more",
 ] }
 heck = "0.5.0"
+icu_properties = { version = "2.1.2" }
 ignore = { version = "0.4.24" }
 imara-diff = { version = "0.2.0" }
 imperative = { version = "1.0.4" }
@@ -199,7 +200,6 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", default-features = false, features =
 ] }
 tryfn = { version = "1.0.0" }
 typed-arena = { version = "2.0.2" }
-unic-ucd-category = { version = "0.9" }
 unicode-ident = { version = "1.0.12" }
 unicode-normalization = { version = "0.1.23" }
 unicode-width = { version = "0.2.0" }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_python_literal/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruff_python_literal/Cargo.toml
index 3e2ffb09147b1..cd4ad6d4110d6 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_python_literal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruff_python_literal/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ doctest = false
 ruff_python_ast = { workspace = true }
 
 bitflags = { workspace = true }
+icu_properties = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
-unic-ucd-category = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 
diff --git a/crates/ruff_python_literal/src/char.rs b/crates/ruff_python_literal/src/char.rs
index cd64f6dfa9edb..98117acfb4713 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_python_literal/src/char.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_python_literal/src/char.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use unic_ucd_category::GeneralCategory;
+use icu_properties::props::{EnumeratedProperty, GeneralCategory};
 
 /// According to python following categories aren't printable:
 /// * Cc (Other, Control)
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ use unic_ucd_category::GeneralCategory;
 /// * Zp Separator, Paragraph ('\u2029', PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR)
 /// * Zs (Separator, Space) other than ASCII space('\x20').
 pub fn is_printable(c: char) -> bool {
-    let cat = GeneralCategory::of(c);
-    !(cat.is_other() || cat.is_separator())
+    let cat = GeneralCategory::for_char(c);
+
+    !matches!(
+        cat,
+        GeneralCategory::Control
+            | GeneralCategory::Format
+            | GeneralCategory::Surrogate
+            | GeneralCategory::PrivateUse
+            | GeneralCategory::Unassigned
+            | GeneralCategory::LineSeparator
+            | GeneralCategory::ParagraphSeparator
+            | GeneralCategory::SpaceSeparator
+    )
 }