diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 37c35a7..91e3418 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ before_install:
 
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
   - sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential libtool make cmake
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
   - sudo apt-get -qq install libboost1.55-dev libboost-thread1.55-dev libboost-filesystem1.55-dev libboost-system1.55-dev libboost-program-options1.55-dev libboost-iostreams1.55-dev
 
 install:
-  # g++4.9
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.9"; fi
+  # g++4.8.1
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8"; fi
 
   # clang 3.4
   - if [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ]; then sudo apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated -qq clang-3.4; fi