diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 3236a4ebee..bba01de8a6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2015 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -332,14 +332,14 @@ Go.  It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages.")
 
 (define-public gcc-4.9
   (package (inherit gcc-4.8)
-    (version "4.9.3")
+    (version "4.9.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-"
                                   version "/gcc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0zmnm00d2a1hsd41g34bhvxzvxisa2l584q3p447bd91lfjv4ci3"))
+                "14l06m7nvcvb0igkbip58x59w3nq6315k6jcz3wr9ch1rn9d44bc"))
               (patches (search-patches "gcc-libvtv-runpath.patch"))))))
 
 (define-public gcc-5