diff --git a/doc/building.dox b/doc/building.dox
index 908db69f9..0cb17af46 100644
--- a/doc/building.dox
+++ b/doc/building.dox
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ for Android.
 
 @subsection building-ci-travis Travis
 
-In `package/ci/` there is a `travis.yml` file with Linux GCC 4.7, macOS, Linux
+In `package/ci/` there is a `travis.yml` file with Linux GCC 4.8, macOS, Linux
 desktop GLES2/GLES3, iOS GLES2/GLES3, Emscripten WebGL1/WebGL2, Android
 GLES2/GLES3, AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer configuration. Online at
 https://travis-ci.org/mosra/magnum.
diff --git a/package/ci/travis.yml b/package/ci/travis.yml
index 3a6fa6e7d..71be410c1 100644
--- a/package/ci/travis.yml
+++ b/package/ci/travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ addons:
   apt:
     packages:
     - libgl1-mesa-dev
-    - g++-4.7
+    - g++-4.8
     - ninja-build
     - lcov
     - "libc6:i386" # CMake 2.8.12 is 32bit
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ matrix:
     - JOBID=linux-gl
     - TARGET=desktop
     - CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--coverage"
-    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.7"
+    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.8"
   - language: cpp
     os: linux
     dist: trusty
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ matrix:
     - TARGET=desktop-gles
     - TARGET_GLES2=ON
     - CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--coverage"
-    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.7"
+    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.8"
   - language: cpp
     os: linux
     dist: trusty
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ matrix:
     - TARGET=desktop-gles
     - TARGET_GLES2=OFF
     - CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--coverage"
-    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.7"
+    - LCOV_EXTRA_OPTS="--gcov-tool /usr/bin/gcov-4.8"
   - language: cpp
     os: osx
     # The new plugin testing workflow is dynamically loading and unloading them
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ cache:
   - $HOME/cmake
 
 install:
-- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "desktop-sanitizers" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "android" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "desktop-vulkan" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.7; fi
+- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "desktop-sanitizers" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "android" ] && [ ! "$TARGET" == "desktop-vulkan" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8; fi
 - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ "$TARGET" == "desktop-sanitizers" ]; then export CXX=clang++-3.8; fi
 - if [ "$BUILD_DEPRECATED" != "OFF" ]; then export BUILD_DEPRECATED=ON; fi
 - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && [ "$TARGET" == "desktop" ] && [ "$BUILD_DEPRECATED" == "ON" ]; then export WITH_GLUTAPPLICATION=ON; fi