diff --git a/package/libcamera-apps/Config.in b/package/libcamera-apps/Config.in
index 492a99cf55..711fd6de05 100644
--- a/package/libcamera-apps/Config.in
+++ b/package/libcamera-apps/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_APPS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libcamera
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # libcamera/boost
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libcamera/boost
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17/libcamera
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # libcamera
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls/libcamera
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls/libcamera/boost
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_APPS
 
 	  https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera-apps
 
-comment "libcamera-apps needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 7"
+comment "libcamera-apps needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/libcamera/Config.in b/package/libcamera/Config.in
index 0febfef4bc..63c06173db 100644
--- a/package/libcamera/Config.in
+++ b/package/libcamera/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # C++17
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ comment "lc-compliance test application needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA
 
-comment "libcamera needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 7"
+comment "libcamera needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR