diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchdb/template b/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
index 33fc97d4ac3..faf7302d80f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/couchdb/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'couchdb'
 pkgname=couchdb
 version=1.6.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 wrksrc="apache-couchdb-$version"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 conf_files="/etc/couchdb/default.ini /etc/couchdb/local.ini"
 hostmakedepends="erlang pkg-config"
-makedepends="libressl-devel icu-devel js-devel libcurl-devel"
+makedepends="libressl-devel icu55-devel js-devel libcurl-devel"
 depends="erlang"
 short_desc="A document-oriented database"
 maintainer="Gerardo Di Iorio <arete74@gmail.com>"