diff --git a/glibc.changes b/glibc.changes
index cf8d6c6..09cb51f 100644
--- a/glibc.changes
+++ b/glibc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 12 14:33:56 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Follow the distro default gcc version to build the cross
+  bootstrap packages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 29 10:48:30 UTC 2022 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index bdacde7..3433a7e 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %endif
 %if %{build_cross}
-BuildRequires:  cross-%{cross_arch}-gcc11-bootstrap
+BuildRequires:  cross-%{cross_arch}-gcc%{gcc_version}-bootstrap
 BuildRequires:  cross-%{cross_arch}-linux-glibc-devel
 %endif
 %if "%flavor" == "i686"