diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
index cc73cce324..f3029976f1 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libgcrypt
 
-comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 6"
+comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 
 comment "wpewebkit needs an OpenGL ES w/ EGL-capable Wayland backend"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # icu
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # harfbuzz, icu
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES # libepoxy
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # libepoxy