diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/dist-x86_64-linux/build-gcc.sh b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/dist-x86_64-linux/build-gcc.sh
index 9932b250566..41ca1385c75 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/dist-x86_64-linux/build-gcc.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/dist-x86_64-linux/build-gcc.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -ex
 
 source shared.sh
 
-GCC=7.5.0
+GCC=8.5.0
 
 curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-$GCC/gcc-$GCC.tar.xz | xzcat | tar xf -
 cd gcc-$GCC