diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 832e57bc77..e15b07752b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ (define-public gfortran-5
   (custom-gcc gcc-5 "gfortran" '("fortran")
               %generic-search-paths))
 
-(define-public gccgo-4.8
-  (custom-gcc gcc-4.8 "gccgo" '("go")
+(define-public gccgo-4.9
+  (custom-gcc gcc-4.9 "gccgo" '("go")
               %generic-search-paths
               ;; Suppress the separate "lib" output, because otherwise the
               ;; "lib" and "out" outputs would refer to each other, creating