diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e14b38..c292082 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ That's it. See usage examples below.
 ##### Building GCC: #####
 
 If you want to build GCC as well, then you can do this by running:  
-`[GCC_VERSION=4.9.1] [ENABLE_FORTRAN=1] ./build_gcc.sh`.  
+`[GCC_VERSION=5.1.0] [ENABLE_FORTRAN=1] ./build_gcc.sh`.  
 
 \[A gfortran usage example can be found [here](https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross/issues/28#issuecomment-67047134)]
 
diff --git a/build_gcc.sh b/build_gcc.sh
index df1d643..4260fac 100755
--- a/build_gcc.sh
+++ b/build_gcc.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ source tools/tools.sh
 # GCC version to build
 # (<4.7 will not work properly with libc++)
 if [ -z "$GCC_VERSION" ]; then
-  GCC_VERSION=4.9.2
+  GCC_VERSION=5.1.0
   #GCC_VERSION=5-20140928 # snapshot
 fi