diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/dev-java/icu4j-79.1 b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-java/icu4j-79.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f7ca5d19e8a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-java/icu4j-79.1
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DEFINED_PHASES=compile install preinst prepare setup test
+DEPEND=>=virtual/jdk-11:* test? ( >=dev-java/gson-2.13.2:0 dev-java/junitparams:0 ) >=dev-java/java-config-2.2.0-r3 source? ( app-arch/zip ) test? ( dev-java/junit:4 )
+DESCRIPTION=A set of Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support
+EAPI=9
+HOMEPAGE=https://icu.unicode.org
+INHERIT=java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
+IUSE=doc source test
+KEYWORDS=~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64
+LICENSE=icu
+RDEPEND=>=virtual/jre-11:* >=dev-java/java-config-2.2.0-r3 source? ( app-arch/zip )
+RESTRICT=!test? ( test )
+SLOT=11
+SRC_URI=https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/archive/release-79.1.tar.gz -> icu4j-79.1.tar.gz
+_eclasses_=java-utils-2	4fa0be92748bc228f31bd845d285d7f9	java-pkg-2	438c2725ea326202d7fc1eb31af76813	java-pkg-simple	e77da02b8784b3f0dab3a74228f7f82c
+_md5_=3dee22ed2c40f0766860aa3c087858a0
diff --git a/metadata/pkg_desc_index b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
index 123da3f4e6f26..66e71b883bbc6 100644
--- a/metadata/pkg_desc_index
+++ b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
@@ -5078,7 +5078,7 @@ dev-java/httpcomponents-client 4.5.13-r3: Apache HttpComponents Client
 dev-java/httpcore 4.4.14-r2: Apache HttpComponents Core (blocking I/O)
 dev-java/icedtea-sound 1.0.1-r2: Plugins for javax.sound
 dev-java/icedtea-web 1.8.8-r2: FOSS Java browser plugin and Web Start implementation
-dev-java/icu4j 77.1 78.2: A set of Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support
+dev-java/icu4j 77.1 78.2 79.1: A set of Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support
 dev-java/identicon 1.0: Visual representation of a hash value
 dev-java/incap 1.0.0: Helper library for building incremental annotation processors
 dev-java/injection-api 2.0.1: Jakarta Dependency Injection
diff --git a/metadata/timestamp.chk b/metadata/timestamp.chk
index 374845caeb528..50fbff33f07b8 100644
--- a/metadata/timestamp.chk
+++ b/metadata/timestamp.chk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:00:56 +0000
+Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:15:58 +0000