diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 113adf0755..e4f58f3f66 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ config BR2_ENABLE_LTO
 config BR2_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ENABLE
 	bool "Enable google-breakpad support"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
diff --git a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
index 5c7f4bb7ba..4e2d98eb04 100644
--- a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
+++ b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD
 	bool "google-breakpad"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_TOOLS
 
 endif
 
-comment "google-breakpad requires a glibc toolchain w/ wchar, thread, C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "google-breakpad requires a glibc toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
diff --git a/package/sentry-native/Config.in b/package/sentry-native/Config.in
index 7a3cbd36ad..88db2779f1 100644
--- a/package/sentry-native/Config.in
+++ b/package/sentry-native/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SENTRY_NATIVE
 	bool "sentry-native"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # google-breakpad
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # google-breakpad
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # google-breakpad
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # google-breakpad
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # google-breakpad
 	# google-breakpad is restricted to glibc or uClibc, but
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SENTRY_NATIVE
 
 	  https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native
 
-comment "sentry-native needs a glibc toolchain with w/ wchar, thread, C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "sentry-native needs a glibc toolchain with w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7