diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
index f1d38c7cad..81b66f8429 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ 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 >= 7, host gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 9, host gcc >= 4.9"
 	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_7 \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_9 \
 		|| !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 
 comment "wpewebkit needs an OpenGL ES w/ EGL-capable Wayland backend"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # icu, host-ruby
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # harfbuzz, icu
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup3
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_9
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES # libepoxy
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # libepoxy