diff --git a/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx b/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
index b74ff4222be4..cdcbff9be535 100644
--- a/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/qa/cppunit/test_breakiterator.cxx
@@ -856,11 +856,11 @@ void TestBreakIterator::testLao()
         i18n::WordType::DICTIONARY_WORD, true);
 
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(5), aBounds.startPos);
-#if (U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM != 70)
+#if (U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM < 70)
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(9), aBounds.endPos);
 #else
     // FIXME:
-    // In ICU 70 for yet unknown reason the word boundary 9 is not detected and
+    // In ICU 70/71 for yet unknown reason the word boundary 9 is not detected and
     // instead the length 12 is returned as endpos.
     // Deep in
     // icu_70::RuleBasedBreakIterator::BreakCache::next()