diff --git a/.github/workflows/icu_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/icu_ci.yml
index f82a3331d5e4..d95c5ede9d14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/icu_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/icu_ci.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ jobs:
 
   # ICU4J build and unit test using Ant
   icu4j-ant-build-and-test:
+    name: Build and test with Ant for Java version
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17' ]
+        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17', '19' ]
+        include:
+          - check-latest: false  # make 'false' the default value for the above matrix variable possibilities
+          - java-version: 19     # for when java-version == '19', override check-latest to be 'true'
+            check-latest: true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout and setup
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+          check-latest: ${{ matrix.check-latest }}
       - name: ICU4J
         run: |
           cd icu4j;
@@ -74,7 +80,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17' ]
+        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17', '19' ]
+        include:
+          - check-latest: false  # make 'false' the default value for the above matrix variable possibilities
+          - java-version: 19     # for when java-version == '19', override check-latest to be 'true'
+            check-latest: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout and setup
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -86,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+          check-latest: ${{ matrix.check-latest }}
           cache: maven
       - name: Run Maven test
         run: |
@@ -99,7 +110,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17' ]
+        java-version: [ '8', '11', '17', '19' ]
+        include:
+          - check-latest: false  # make 'false' the default value for the above matrix variable possibilities
+          - java-version: 19     # for when java-version == '19', override check-latest to be 'true'
+            check-latest: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout and setup
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -111,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+          check-latest: ${{ matrix.check-latest }}
           cache: maven
       # The Maven `verify` phase causes the following to happen first, and in order:
       # build/compile (`compile`), unit tests (`test`), Jar building (`package`),