diff --git a/intl/icu-patches/bug-1954138-ICU-23069-rosh-hashanah-postponement.diff b/intl/icu-patches/bug-1954138-ICU-23069-rosh-hashanah-postponement.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbdbf9130b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intl/icu-patches/bug-1954138-ICU-23069-rosh-hashanah-postponement.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp b/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
+--- a/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
++++ b/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
+@@ -441,19 +441,18 @@ int32_t startOfYear(int32_t year, UError
+         day  = months * 29LL + frac / DAY_PARTS;        // Whole # part of calculation
+         frac = frac % DAY_PARTS;                        // Time of day
+ 
+         int32_t wd = (day % 7);                        // Day of week (0 == Monday)
+ 
+         if (wd == 2 || wd == 4 || wd == 6) {
+             // If the 1st is on Sun, Wed, or Fri, postpone to the next day
+             day += 1;
+-            wd = (day % 7);
+         }
+-        if (wd == 1 && frac > 15*HOUR_PARTS+204 && !HebrewCalendar::isLeapYear(year) ) {
++        else if (wd == 1 && frac > 15*HOUR_PARTS+204 && !HebrewCalendar::isLeapYear(year) ) {
+             // If the new moon falls after 3:11:20am (15h204p from the previous noon)
+             // on a Tuesday and it is not a leap year, postpone by 2 days.
+             // This prevents 356-day years.
+             day += 2;
+         }
+         else if (wd == 0 && frac > 21*HOUR_PARTS+589 && HebrewCalendar::isLeapYear(year-1) ) {
+             // If the new moon falls after 9:32:43 1/3am (21h589p from yesterday noon)
+             // on a Monday and *last* year was a leap year, postpone by 1 day.
diff --git a/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp b/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
index 70dfe9b7c735..5019b334b12f 100644
--- a/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
+++ b/intl/icu/source/i18n/hebrwcal.cpp
@@ -445,9 +445,8 @@ int32_t startOfYear(int32_t year, UErrorCode &status)
         if (wd == 2 || wd == 4 || wd == 6) {
             // If the 1st is on Sun, Wed, or Fri, postpone to the next day
             day += 1;
-            wd = (day % 7);
         }
-        if (wd == 1 && frac > 15*HOUR_PARTS+204 && !HebrewCalendar::isLeapYear(year) ) {
+        else if (wd == 1 && frac > 15*HOUR_PARTS+204 && !HebrewCalendar::isLeapYear(year) ) {
             // If the new moon falls after 3:11:20am (15h204p from the previous noon)
             // on a Tuesday and it is not a leap year, postpone by 2 days.
             // This prevents 356-day years.
diff --git a/intl/update-icu.sh b/intl/update-icu.sh
index 1d767d871d76..d8d07ee7bd59 100755
--- a/intl/update-icu.sh
+++ b/intl/update-icu.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ for patch in \
  double-conversion.diff \
  bug-1856290-ICU-20548-dateinterval-timezone.diff \
  bug-1954138-dtitvfmt-adopt-calendar.diff \
+ bug-1954138-ICU-23069-rosh-hashanah-postponement.diff \
 ; do
   echo "Applying local patch $patch"
   patch -d ${icu_dir}/../../ -p1 --no-backup-if-mismatch < ${icu_dir}/../icu-patches/$patch