diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index c0ad56b30..9d22946be 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -111,8 +111,13 @@ fi
 # https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/issues/975
 # https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/issues/1138
 # https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/issues/4386
+# 20250127: Require at least GCC 12 to support avx512_spr on x64, while keep GCC 10 on arm64
+# https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/issues/5226
 GCC_VERSION=`gcc --version | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f3`
-GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION=12.4
+GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION=10.0.0
+if [ `uname -m` = "x86_64" ]; then
+    GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION=12.4.0
+fi
 COMPARE_VERSION=`echo $GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION $GCC_VERSION | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -V | uniq | head -n 1`
 if [ "$COMPARE_VERSION" != "$GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION" ]; then
     echo "gcc version on this env is older than $GCC_REQUIRED_VERSION, exit 1"