diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index a3ddd42fd91149..3e519343a3cbf9 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.
 
 | Operating System | Compiler Versions                                              |
 | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Linux            | GCC >= 8.3                                                     |
+| Linux            | GCC >= 10.1                                                    |
 | Windows          | Visual Studio >= 2019 with the Windows 10 SDK on a 64-bit host |
 | macOS            | Xcode >= 11 (Apple LLVM >= 11)                                 |
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ The Node.js project supports Python >= 3 for building and testing.
 
 #### Unix prerequisites
 
-* `gcc` and `g++` >= 8.3 or newer
+* `gcc` and `g++` >= 10.1 or newer
 * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
 * Python >=3.6 <=3.11 (see note above)
   * For test coverage, your Python installation must include pip.
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index d7765ef6bd9487..1e3a59dd711bbb 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ def check_compiler(o):
                 ('clang ' if is_clang else '', CXX, version_str))
   if not ok:
     warn('failed to autodetect C++ compiler version (CXX=%s)' % CXX)
-  elif clang_version < (8, 0, 0) if is_clang else gcc_version < (8, 3, 0):
-    warn('C++ compiler (CXX=%s, %s) too old, need g++ 8.3.0 or clang++ 8.0.0' %
+  elif clang_version < (8, 0, 0) if is_clang else gcc_version < (10, 1, 0):
+    warn('C++ compiler (CXX=%s, %s) too old, need g++ 10.1.0 or clang++ 8.0.0' %
          (CXX, version_str))
 
   ok, is_clang, clang_version, gcc_version = try_check_compiler(CC, 'c')