diff --git a/parts.rst b/parts.rst
index d5e0db3a..7613d383 100644
--- a/parts.rst
+++ b/parts.rst
@@ -1357,8 +1357,8 @@ libunistring 1.4.1
 Library for manipulating Unicode and C strings according to Unicode standard. This
 is a dependency of GNU Guile.
 
-boehm-gc 8.0.4
-==============
+boehm-gc 8.2.12
+===============
 
 The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage
 collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.
diff --git a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
index aefab43a..bee8385c 100644
--- a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
+++ b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ b687370caaa654ba2fc622188240f50ea305a1c926accbced153df9179697adf  autoconf-2.53_
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ f6c65eef86aa9f5317396a8443b25ed87a18f72d07dfd2231a594aa2c1a68942  findutils-4.2.
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-b4fafdabdbd8c1f9f7c96fc4677023a8151fe2afe0702e3dee920157b30deb98  gc-8.0.4_0.tar.bz2
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ d34de902de6de9204abedb834c4c39fbb95b993e545fbb090de2b028fa1d4a61  gcc-4.0.4_0.ta
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diff --git a/steps/gc-8.0.4/sources b/steps/gc-8.0.4/sources
deleted file mode 100644
index 627bf246..00000000
--- a/steps/gc-8.0.4/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f https://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz 436a0ddc67b1ac0b0405b61a9675bca9e075c8156f4debd1d06f3a56c7cd289d
diff --git a/steps/gc-8.0.4/pass1.sh b/steps/gc-8.2.12/pass1.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from steps/gc-8.0.4/pass1.sh
rename to steps/gc-8.2.12/pass1.sh
diff --git a/steps/gc-8.2.12/sources b/steps/gc-8.2.12/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abeca5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/gc-8.2.12/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/releases/download/v8.2.12/gc-8.2.12.tar.gz 42e5194ad06ab6ffb806c83eb99c03462b495d979cda782f3c72c08af833cd4e
diff --git a/steps/manifest b/steps/manifest
index 1f878a28..361e371f 100644
--- a/steps/manifest
+++ b/steps/manifest
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ build: python-3.8.16
 build: python-3.11.1
 uninstall: python-2.0.1 python-2.3.7 python-3.1.5 python-3.3.7 python-3.4.10 python-3.8.16
 build: libunistring-1.4.1
-build: gc-8.0.4
+build: gc-8.2.12
 build: guile-3.0.9
 build: which-2.21
 build: grep-3.7