diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30ab9399ace..12208c803d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This SDK has been specifically designed with game dev in mind, but we have also
 #####Visual Studio
 Visual Studio 2013 (However, if you want default move constructors/operators, this version will not provide them). Later versions of Visual Studio provide a more standards compliant compiler.
 #####GCC
-GCC versions >= GCC 4.8.1
+GCC versions >= GCC 4.9.0
 #####Clang
 Clang versions >= 3.3
 
diff --git a/aws-cpp-sdk-transfer-tests/TransferTests.cpp b/aws-cpp-sdk-transfer-tests/TransferTests.cpp
index 12b841ac278..ea327a39f27 100644
--- a/aws-cpp-sdk-transfer-tests/TransferTests.cpp
+++ b/aws-cpp-sdk-transfer-tests/TransferTests.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TransferTests : public ::testing::Test
         const unsigned cNumExtraChars = 5;
         const unsigned cLettersToRandomize = 26;
         randomizedBucketName = TEST_BUCKET_NAME_BASE;
-        for (auto i = 0; i < cNumExtraChars; ++i)
+        for (unsigned i = 0; i < cNumExtraChars; ++i)
         {
             randomizedBucketName += static_cast<char>('a' + rand() % cLettersToRandomize);
         }