diff --git a/package/libpqxx/Config.in b/package/libpqxx/Config.in
index f5fe2b3807..845692eae6 100644
--- a/package/libpqxx/Config.in
+++ b/package/libpqxx/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQXX
 	bool "libpqxx"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_9 # C++17/charconv
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	help
 	  libpqxx is the official C++ client API for PostgreSQL, the
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQXX
 
 	  http://pqxx.org/development/libpqxx/
 
-comment "libpqxx needs toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 7, threads"
+comment "libpqxx needs toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 9, threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_9 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.hash b/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.hash
index 1c0e4c185d..7e13e7415b 100644
--- a/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.hash
+++ b/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  c7dc3e8fa2eee656f2b6a8179d72f15db10e97a80dc4f173f806e615ea990973  libpqxx-7.7.5.tar.gz
-sha256  91718581edafc9f722915133d75f74c82d7c2e41a1831c1e042206423e5a63b0  COPYING
+sha256  e37d5774c39f6c802e32d7f418e88b8e530404fb54758516e884fc0ebdee6da4  libpqxx-7.9.2.tar.gz
+sha256  3dd057a614dd24688aafc38d4c41111140e17147cfd94f314a80af30879641b2  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.mk b/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.mk
index 434cefd069..c69b77260d 100644
--- a/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.mk
+++ b/package/libpqxx/libpqxx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBPQXX_VERSION = 7.7.5
+LIBPQXX_VERSION = 7.9.2
 LIBPQXX_SITE = $(call github,jtv,libpqxx,$(LIBPQXX_VERSION))
 LIBPQXX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBPQXX_DEPENDENCIES = postgresql