diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 72b5e2ef..e0cf6011 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ addons:
     sources:
     - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
     packages:
-    - gcc-4.8
-    - g++-4.8
+    - gcc-7
+    - g++-7
 
 install:
   - source build/InstallMono.sh
   - build/InstallNugets.sh  
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-7" CC="gcc-7"; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then PREMAKE=build/premake5-linux-64; else PREMAKE=build/premake5-osx; fi
   - $PREMAKE --file=build/scripts/LLVM.lua download_llvm