diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index c1a7b0abc..a8124ce1b 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ architectures:
 packages:
 - "curl"
 - "g++-aarch64-linux-gnu"
-- "g++-8-aarch64-linux-gnu"
-- "gcc-8-aarch64-linux-gnu"
+- "g++-7-aarch64-linux-gnu"
+- "gcc-7-aarch64-linux-gnu"
 - "binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu"
 - "g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-- "g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-- "gcc-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+- "g++-7-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+- "gcc-7-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
 - "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
 - "g++-riscv64-linux-gnu"
-- "g++-8-riscv64-linux-gnu"
-- "gcc-8-riscv64-linux-gnu"
+- "g++-7-riscv64-linux-gnu"
+- "gcc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu"
 - "binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu"
-- "g++-8-multilib"
-- "gcc-8-multilib"
+- "g++-7-multilib"
+- "gcc-7-multilib"
 - "binutils-gold"
 - "git-core"
 - "pkg-config"