diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index 84841d017c..d283acdc1e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ (define-public ocaml
     (inputs
      `(("libx11" ,libx11)
        ;; For libiberty, needed for objdump support.
-       ("gcc:lib" ,(canonical-package gcc-4.8) "lib")
+       ("gcc:lib" ,(canonical-package gcc-4.9) "lib")
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))                       ;also needed for objdump support
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)