diff --git a/gdb/install b/gdb/install
index 3aa03a2..e8f04eb 100755
--- a/gdb/install
+++ b/gdb/install
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e -o pipefail
 
-curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.11.1.tar.gz | tar xz
-cd gdb-7.11.1
+curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.12.tar.gz | tar xz
+cd gdb-7.12
 
 # move to ctftools virtual env
 source ctf-tools-venv-activate
diff --git a/qemu/install b/qemu/install
index e68d8a4..ec95bed 100755
--- a/qemu/install
+++ b/qemu/install
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e -o pipefail
 
-curl http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-2.6.1.tar.bz2 | tar xvj
-cd qemu-2.6.1
+curl http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-2.8.0.tar.bz2 | tar xvj
+cd qemu-2.8.0
 
 source ctf-tools-venv-activate
 ./configure "--prefix=$(dirname $PWD)" "--python=$(which python)"