diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
index f17a514fa3..d445ed7032 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH_VARIANT := x86
 endif
 
 # Decouple NDK library selection with platform compiler version
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)),)
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 else
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)
 endif
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
index 2adb157ef0..1f8fb8879e 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ endif
 TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)),)
-TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
+TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 else
 TARGET_GCC_VERSION := $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)
 endif