diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 851080c09..127a4edb9 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
     .dependencies = .{
         .v8 = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/lightpanda-io/zig-v8-fork/archive/d3d7b41677a0015fdfa55a8b1caa4f214de6d209.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "v8-0.0.0-xddH624yAwC5_H_8T303uTxiSAnAu2zrxv6MHLhvLo6t",
+            .url = "https://github.com/lightpanda-io/zig-v8-fork/archive/0cc0b28d18f021c560d6f84b7e27e5a7ade9f8c8.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "v8-0.0.0-xddH6_g0AwBnqBwDOD22Mks8ODHFsH6SffwcpFoUSq3X",
         },
         // .v8 = .{ .path = "../zig-v8-fork" },
         .brotli = .{
diff --git a/src/browser/js/Platform.zig b/src/browser/js/Platform.zig
index ca58de079..5525b848e 100644
--- a/src/browser/js/Platform.zig
+++ b/src/browser/js/Platform.zig
@@ -30,18 +30,17 @@ pub const Options = struct {
     timezone: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
 };
 
-/// ICU reads LC_ALL and TZ lazily on first use, so the environment must be
-/// set here, before InitializeICU and before the platform starts its thread
-/// pool (setenv is not safe once other threads may call getenv). ICU
-/// canonicalizes a BCP 47 tag itself, script subtag included.
+/// ICU reads TZ lazily on first use, so it must be set here, before
+/// InitializeICU and before the platform starts its thread pool (setenv is not
+/// safe once other threads may call getenv). The locale goes to ICU directly:
+/// a BCP 47 tag in LC_ALL is not a POSIX locale, so it broke setlocale for the
+/// rest of the process and for every child. ICU canonicalizes the tag itself,
+/// script subtag included.
 pub fn init(opts: Options) !Platform {
     if (opts.v8_flags) |flags| {
         v8.v8__V8__SetFlagsFromString(flags.ptr, flags.len);
     }
 
-    if (opts.locale) |tag| {
-        _ = setenv("LC_ALL", tag, 1);
-    }
     if (opts.timezone) |id| {
         _ = setenv("TZ", id, 1);
     }
@@ -49,6 +48,9 @@ pub fn init(opts: Options) !Platform {
     if (v8.v8__V8__InitializeICU() == false) {
         return error.FailedToInitializeICU;
     }
+    if (opts.locale) |tag| {
+        if (!v8.v8__V8__SetDefaultLocale(tag)) return error.InvalidLocale;
+    }
     // 0 - threadpool size, 0 == let v8 decide
     // 1 - idle_task_support, 1 == enabled
     const handle = v8.v8__Platform__NewDefaultPlatform(0, 1).?;