diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 718e78011df25d88fdbb932d30d2ffe8fa35c668..8f8ad7e8c2a764f777be25a131acd812214f069c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function run-make() {
 
 # The current default platform
 lcg_platform=x86_64-centos7-gcc8-opt
-lcg_version=98.0.0
+lcg_version=101.0.0
 
 bldtool=${CEPCSW_BLDTOOL} # make, ninja # set in env var
 
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index dba9c8c812c7f223d521c1f0ffc7fd808cd9a53d..97f7f21509ec4ff0cbb56b23e37431496f4a2a80 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function run-job() {
 
 # The current default platform
 lcg_platform=x86_64-centos7-gcc8-opt
-lcg_version=98.0.0
+lcg_version=101.0.0
 
 bldtool=${CEPCSW_BLDTOOL} # make, ninja # set in env var
 
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 44ff6369a32f24d7c1ae39bde6748d9488c7329c..6b973779f7ef25ec5b49b4a97a0c9e4714217961 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function setup-external() {
 # CEPCSW_LCG_VERSION=${1}; shift
 
 if [ -z "$CEPCSW_LCG_VERSION" ]; then
-    CEPCSW_LCG_VERSION=98.0.0
+    CEPCSW_LCG_VERSION=101.0.0
 fi
 export CEPCSW_LCG_VERSION