diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
index ba7539c6f..dc733dd9e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class GnuCPPCompiler(_StdCPPLibMixin, GnuCompiler, CPPCompiler):
             'c++98', 'c++03', 'c++11', 'c++14', 'c++17', 'c++1z',
             'c++2a', 'c++20',
         ]
-        if version_compare(self.version, '>=12.2.0'):
+        if version_compare(self.version, '>=11.0.0'):
             cppstd_choices.append('c++23')
         if version_compare(self.version, '>=14.0.0'):
             cppstd_choices.append('c++26')
diff --git a/unittests/linuxliketests.py b/unittests/linuxliketests.py
index 7d99d8bf5..024d4338a 100644
--- a/unittests/linuxliketests.py
+++ b/unittests/linuxliketests.py
@@ -520,10 +520,10 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
                      compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=10.0.0'))
         has_cpp2b = (compiler.get_id() not in {'clang', 'gcc'} or
                      compiler.get_id() == 'clang' and _clang_at_least(compiler, '>=12.0.0', None) or
-                     compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=12.2.0'))
+                     compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=11.0.0'))
         has_cpp23 = (compiler.get_id() not in {'clang', 'gcc'} or
                      compiler.get_id() == 'clang' and _clang_at_least(compiler, '>=17.0.0', None) or
-                     compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=12.2.0'))
+                     compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=11.0.0'))
         has_cpp26 = (compiler.get_id() not in {'clang', 'gcc'} or
                      compiler.get_id() == 'clang' and _clang_at_least(compiler, '>=17.0.0', None) or
                      compiler.get_id() == 'gcc' and version_compare(compiler.version, '>=14.0.0'))