diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6b197e38eff9b5f371243a762e0c1c556cbae6cb..2ad6a6389358aa59b74fd5ef764758204e69b27e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ addons:
     sources:
       - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
     packages:
-      - g++-4.8
+      - g++-4.9
       - qtbase5-dev
       - libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev
       - libxt-dev
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ before_install:
 
 before_script:
   - export PATH=$HOME/cmake-3.1.1-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
-  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; fi
+  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.9 CC=gcc-4.9; fi
 
 script:
   - if [ "$CASE" == "CHECK" ]; then git config core.whitespace -blank-at-eof; git diff --check `git merge-base origin/master HEAD` HEAD; fi