diff --git a/ports/icu/CONTROL b/ports/icu/CONTROL
index 171eb1129b1440..d60dbf04b99437 100644
--- a/ports/icu/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/icu/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: icu
-Version: 61.1-5
+Version: 61.1-6
 Description: Mature and widely used Unicode and localization library.
diff --git a/ports/icu/portfile.cmake b/ports/icu/portfile.cmake
index 2061111e9ad5ac..91cba5db74e398 100644
--- a/ports/icu/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/icu/portfile.cmake
@@ -209,3 +209,11 @@ vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 # Handle copyright
 file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/icu)
 file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/icu/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/icu/copyright)
+
+# Deal with a stale process created by MSYS
+if (NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME OR VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+        COMMAND TASKKILL /F /IM gpg-agent.exe /fi "memusage gt 2"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    )
+endif()