diff --git a/package/squid/Config.in b/package/squid/Config.in
index 6272140768..89b5a377c7 100644
--- a/package/squid/Config.in
+++ b/package/squid/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-comment "squid needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.8 not affected by bug 64735"
+comment "squid needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 7 not affected by bug 64735"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SQUID
 	bool "squid"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQUID
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # std::current_exception
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
 	# needs fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP