diff --git a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
index 0321993..fa4935f 100644
--- a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@
 ## Dependencies
 
 * **git** : gem5 uses git for version control.
-* **gcc 4.8+**: gcc is used to compiled gem5. Version 4.8+ must be used. We
-support up to gcc Version 9. Please note that [support for gcc 4 may be dropped](https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-218)
-in future versions of gem5.
-    * **Clang**: Clang can also be used. At present, we support Clang 3.9 to
+* **gcc**: gcc is used to compiled gem5. **Version >=5 must be used**. We
+support up to gcc Version 10.
+* **Clang**: Clang can also be used. At present, we support Clang 3.9 to
 Clang 9 (inclusive).
 * **SCons** : gem5 uses SCons as its build environment.
 * **Python** : gem5 relies on Python development libraries. As of gem5 version
diff --git a/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md b/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
index 8b1dbcc..0e99ad1 100644
--- a/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         sudo apt install git
         ```
 
-2.  gcc 4.8+
+2.  gcc 5+
     :   You may need to use environment variables to point to a
         non-default version of gcc.
 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
         sudo apt install build-essential
         ```
 
+       **We support GCC Versions >=5, up to GCC 10**
+
 3.  [SCons](http://www.scons.org/)
     :   gem5 uses SCons as its build environment. SCons is like make on
         steroids and uses Python scripts for all aspects of the build
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@
 
 ### Wrong gcc version
 
-    Error: gcc version 4.8 or newer required.
+    Error: gcc version 5 or newer required.
            Installed version: 4.4.7
 
 Update your environment variables to point to the right gcc version, or