diff --git a/app-text/sword/patches/sword-1.8.1.patchset b/app-text/sword/patches/sword-1.8.1.patchset
index dc2d32dbb..da9e2c5fd 100644
--- a/app-text/sword/patches/sword-1.8.1.patchset
+++ b/app-text/sword/patches/sword-1.8.1.patchset
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 084171902d1eddf16f0941d8b07b508c2f56a35e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 06bda6bb4a16664543821d3f657180ef2e8339db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: begasus <begasus@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:30:33 +0100
 Subject: fix path for the sword.conf file
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ index 3083f4c..352673c 100644
  pkglibdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@
  pkglibexecdir = $(libexecdir)/@PACKAGE@
 -- 
-2.19.1
+2.27.0
 
 
-From c849ceac02a1009dea7bb12afd80fd4634d05bf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From e944b5fd2fab0aba88117cf36b06b45f1da86f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: begasus <begasus@gmail.com>
 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:57 +0100
 Subject: fix check for cppunit
@@ -54,5 +54,77 @@ index b062979..8b22419 100755
      cppunit_major_version=`echo $cppunit_version | \
             sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\1/'`
 -- 
-2.19.1
+2.27.0
+
+
+From 5d9945107a4bb6cbee8a70234f49090de2f3ee1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
+Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 22:23:30 +0200
+Subject: fix build with current ICU version
+
+
+diff --git a/include/utf8transliterator.h b/include/utf8transliterator.h
+index 130a519..e1ea668 100644
+--- a/include/utf8transliterator.h
++++ b/include/utf8transliterator.h
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ SE_JAMO, SE_HAN, SE_KANJI
+ #include <defs.h>
+ #include <map>
+ 
++U_NAMESPACE_USE
+ SWORD_NAMESPACE_START
+ 
+ class SWModule;
+diff --git a/src/modules/filters/scsuutf8.cpp b/src/modules/filters/scsuutf8.cpp
+index 73e4a3f..feeba01 100644
+--- a/src/modules/filters/scsuutf8.cpp
++++ b/src/modules/filters/scsuutf8.cpp
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+-
++U_NAMESPACE_USE
+ SWORD_NAMESPACE_START
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/src/modules/filters/utf8nfc.cpp b/src/modules/filters/utf8nfc.cpp
+index 16a5c54..ff8cbfa 100644
+--- a/src/modules/filters/utf8nfc.cpp
++++ b/src/modules/filters/utf8nfc.cpp
+@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
+ #include <utf8nfc.h>
+ #include <swbuf.h>
+ 
++U_NAMESPACE_USE
+ SWORD_NAMESPACE_START
+ 
+ UTF8NFC::UTF8NFC() {
+diff --git a/src/modules/filters/utf8scsu.cpp b/src/modules/filters/utf8scsu.cpp
+index bf5bd41..f50d9d6 100644
+--- a/src/modules/filters/utf8scsu.cpp
++++ b/src/modules/filters/utf8scsu.cpp
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ #include <utf8scsu.h>
+ #include <swbuf.h>
+ 
++U_NAMESPACE_USE
+ SWORD_NAMESPACE_START
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/tests/tlitmgrtest.cpp b/tests/tlitmgrtest.cpp
+index d7c0b1b..2144bc8 100644
+--- a/tests/tlitmgrtest.cpp
++++ b/tests/tlitmgrtest.cpp
+@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@
+ #include "unicode/ustream.h"
+ #include <iostream>
+ 
++U_NAMESPACE_USE
++
+ class SWCharString {
+  public:
+     inline SWCharString(const UnicodeString& str);
+-- 
+2.27.0