diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 100625a00..32eda1ab3 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ packages:
 - "cmake"
 - "curl"
 - "faketime"
-- "g++-8-aarch64-linux-gnu"
-- "g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-- "g++-8-multilib"
+- "g++-9-aarch64-linux-gnu"
+- "g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+- "g++-9-multilib"
 - "g++-aarch64-linux-gnu"
 - "g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-- "gcc-8-aarch64-linux-gnu"
-- "gcc-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-- "gcc-8-multilib"
+- "gcc-9-aarch64-linux-gnu"
+- "gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+- "gcc-9-multilib"
 - "git"
 - "libtool"
 - "pkg-config"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ script: |
         if which ${i}-${prog}-8
         then
             echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-            echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog}-8 | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
+            echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog}-9 | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             echo "export LD_PRELOAD='/usr/\$LIB/faketime/libfaketime.so.1'" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             echo "export FAKETIME=\"$1\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             echo "\$REAL \"\$@\"" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}