diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f3efc0d7..f979567e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ language: cpp
 compiler: gcc
 sudo: false
 install:
-- if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+- if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-5" CC="gcc-5"; fi
 script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck -j3
 after_script: test -e test/test-suite.log  && cat test/test-suite.log