diff --git a/AppStream.changes b/AppStream.changes
index 71bc2b8..50a0770 100644
--- a/AppStream.changes
+++ b/AppStream.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 31 14:34:55 UTC 2024 - Christophe Marin <christophe@krop.fr>
+
+- Switch to the latest GCC version available in Leap for packages
+  that can't build with the default compiler
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 15 11:12:14 UTC 2023 - Christophe Marin <christophe@krop.fr>
 
diff --git a/AppStream.spec b/AppStream.spec
index 37a3e7f..149e7e7 100644
--- a/AppStream.spec
+++ b/AppStream.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %endif
 # The default Leap compiler is too old for building AppStream-qt6. use the same compiler for both flavors
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1500
-%bcond_without gcc12
+%bcond_without gcc13
 %endif
 %define rname AppStream
 %define libappstream_sover 5
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Patch2:         0001-content-rating-Fix-missing-or-wrong-value-descriptio.patch
 Patch3:         0001-Fix-lib-name-for-Qt5-link-target.patch
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel
 BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
-%if %{with gcc12}
-BuildRequires:  gcc12
-BuildRequires:  gcc12-c++
+%if %{with gcc13}
+BuildRequires:  gcc13
+BuildRequires:  gcc13-c++
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  gdk-pixbuf-loader-rsvg
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ GObject introspection bindings for interfaces provided by AppStream.
 %define options -Dqt5=true -Dcompose=true -Dvapi=%{build_vapi}
 %endif
 
-%if %{with gcc12}
-export CC=gcc-12 CXX=g++-12
+%if %{with gcc13}
+export CC=gcc-13 CXX=g++-13
 %endif
 
 %meson %{common_options} %{options}