diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bcac9af..4128f16 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ all: check_gcc deb
 deb: ${DEBS}
 
 check_gcc:
-	$(GCC) --version|grep "6\.3" || false
+	$(GCC) --version|grep "8\.3" || false
 	@$(GCC) -Werror -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register -c -x c /dev/null -o check_gcc.o \
 		|| ( rm -f check_gcc.o; \
 		     echo "Please install gcc-6 packages with indirect thunk / RETPOLINE support"; \
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index c3c1348..e45f34a 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: asciidoc-base,
                debhelper (>= 10~),
                file,
                flex,
-               gcc-6 (>= 6.3.0-18+deb9u1),
+               gcc (>= 6.3.0-18+deb9u1),
                git,
                kmod,
                libdw-dev,