diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 8cc0b6ffe3..63a13823e1 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Compile-time deprecation macros. */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 6) &&                             \
+#if defined(__GNUC__) &&                                                \
+  ((__GNUC__ > 12) || ((__GNUC__ == 12) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1 ))) &&  \
   !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) &&                                         \
   !defined(CURL_DISABLE_DEPRECATION) && !defined(BUILDING_LIBCURL)
-#define CURL_DEPRECATED(version, message) \
-    __attribute__((deprecated("since " # version ". " message)))
+#define CURL_DEPRECATED(version, message)                       \
+  __attribute__((deprecated("since " # version ". " message)))
 #define CURL_IGNORE_DEPRECATION(statements) \
       _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push") \
       _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wdeprecated-declarations\"") \