diff --git a/openpower/configs/nicole_defconfig b/openpower/configs/nicole_defconfig
index df35e23..3bd16cb 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/nicole_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/nicole_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 BR2_powerpc_power8=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_4=y
 BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
-BR2_GCC_VERSION_6_X=y
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_8_X=y
 BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux --disable-libsanitizer"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="skiroot"