diff --git a/pkgs/intl/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/intl/CHANGELOG.md
index 529399ea0..fc01c37b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/intl/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/intl/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Fix parsing of locale strings containing script codes in `verifiedLocale`.
    For example, `zh-Hans-CN` would have been previously parsed as `zh`, but is
    now parsed as `zh_CN`.
+ * Update the Ghanaian Cedis (GHS) currency symbol in `simpleCurrencySymbols`  
+   from "GHS" to "GH₵(U+20B5)".
 
 ## 0.20.2
  * Remove the dependency on `package:http`.
diff --git a/pkgs/intl/lib/src/intl/constants.dart b/pkgs/intl/lib/src/intl/constants.dart
index 2079f04bd..72c7bf3c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/intl/lib/src/intl/constants.dart
+++ b/pkgs/intl/lib/src/intl/constants.dart
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ final Map<String, String> simpleCurrencySymbols = {
   'ETB': 'Birr',
   'VEF': 'Bs',
   'BOB': 'Bs',
-  'GHS': 'GHS',
+  'GHS': 'GH\u20B5',
   'CRC': '\u20a1',
   'NIO': r'C$',
   'GMD': 'GMD',