diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_cpp.yml
index 0e1da0e2d..c17fd8c27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_cpp.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ on:
 env:
   CI_CUDA_ARCH: 86
   COVERAGE_FLAGS: "--cov=pennylane_lightning --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --no-flaky-report -p no:warnings --tb=native"
-  GCC_VERSION: 11
+  GCC_VERSION: 13
   TF_VERSION: 2.10.0
   TORCH_VERSION: 1.11.0+cpu
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
index 142491a0f..daf05330c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on:
 env:
   CI_CUDA_ARCH: 86
   COVERAGE_FLAGS: "--cov=pennylane_lightning --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --no-flaky-report -p no:warnings --tb=native"
-  GCC_VERSION: 11
+  GCC_VERSION: 13
   TF_VERSION: 2.10.0
   TORCH_VERSION: 1.11.0+cpu