diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 66b9ca7d1695..a73c11e7e491 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ libretro-build-windows-x64:
   extends:
     - .libretro-windows-cmake-x86_64
     - .core-defs
-  image: $CI_SERVER_HOST:5050/libretro-infrastructure/libretro-build-mxe-win-cross-cores:gcc12
+  image: $CI_SERVER_HOST:5050/libretro-infrastructure/libretro-build-mxe-win-cross-cores:gcc14
   variables:
     EXTRA_PATH: ../../Binary/x64
   before_script:
@@ -73,20 +73,17 @@ libretro-build-linux-x64:
     - .core-defs
   image: $CI_SERVER_HOST:5050/libretro-infrastructure/libretro-build-amd64-ubuntu:backports
   variables:
-    CC: /usr/bin/gcc-12
-    CXX: /usr/bin/g++-12
+    CC: /usr/bin/gcc-14
+    CXX: /usr/bin/g++-14
 
 # Linux ARM 64-bit
 libretro-build-linux-aarch64:
   extends:
     - .libretro-linux-cmake-aarch64
     - .core-defs
-  # No image override: unlike the x64 image, the aarch64 one already ships GCC 12
-  # (from ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test in its Dockerfile), and it has no
-  # :backports tag at all.
   variables:
-    CC: /usr/bin/gcc-12
-    CXX: /usr/bin/g++-12
+    CC: /usr/bin/gcc-14
+    CXX: /usr/bin/g++-14
 
 # macOS Intel
 libretro-build-osx-x64: