diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 3c5b71dc211..62bb0c075b9 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.
 
 | Operating System | Compiler Versions                                              |
 | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Linux            | GCC >= 10.1                                                    |
+| Linux            | GCC >= 12.2                                                    |
 | Windows          | Visual Studio >= 2022 with the Windows 10 SDK on a 64-bit host |
 | macOS            | Xcode >= 13 (Apple LLVM >= 12)                                 |
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Consult previous versions of this document for older versions of Node.js:
 
 #### Unix prerequisites
 
-* `gcc` and `g++` >= 10.1 or newer
+* `gcc` and `g++` >= 12.2 or newer
 * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
 * [A supported version of Python][Python versions]
   * For test coverage, your Python installation must include pip.
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 351bcf99ea9..22ea9d01512 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@ def check_compiler(o):
   print_verbose(f"Detected {'clang ' if is_clang else ''}C++ compiler (CXX={CXX}) version: {version_str}")
   if not ok:
     warn(f'failed to autodetect C++ compiler version (CXX={CXX})')
-  elif clang_version < (8, 0, 0) if is_clang else gcc_version < (10, 1, 0):
-    warn(f'C++ compiler (CXX={CXX}, {version_str}) too old, need g++ 10.1.0 or clang++ 8.0.0')
+  elif clang_version < (8, 0, 0) if is_clang else gcc_version < (12, 2, 0):
+    warn(f'C++ compiler (CXX={CXX}, {version_str}) too old, need g++ 12.2.0 or clang++ 8.0.0')
 
   ok, is_clang, clang_version, gcc_version = try_check_compiler(CC, 'c')
   version_str = ".".join(map(str, clang_version if is_clang else gcc_version))