diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 53055e786..145ad0228 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #### Resolved GitHub issues
   * CodecService fails to decode XML in python when referencing namespace prefix ([#1071](https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/ydk-gen/issues/1071))
+  * Error in ydk-gen-master/test/dependencies_centos.sh version check ([#1078](https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/ydk-gen/issues/1078))
 
 ### Resolved non-GitHub issues
   * Fixed and tested C++ sample apps
diff --git a/test/dependencies_centos.sh b/test/dependencies_centos.sh
index a03aa65df..e2b50878f 100755
--- a/test/dependencies_centos.sh
+++ b/test/dependencies_centos.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ function check_install_gcc {
     print_msg "The gcc/g++ not installed"
     gcc_version="4.0.0"
   fi
-  if [[ $gcc_version < "4.8.1" ]]
+  major=$(echo $gcc_version | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+  if [[ $major -le 4 && $gcc_version < "4.8.1" ]]
   then
     print_msg "Upgrading gcc/g++ to version 7"
     $sudo_cmd yum install centos-release-scl -y > /dev/null