diff --git a/Build/AtlasLCG/LCGConfig-version.cmake b/Build/AtlasLCG/LCGConfig-version.cmake
index 9795667aa61212dec3f8a9513a45aa0dea253698..481bc08ae76eb23f107bf0aa0f6219375e272f67 100644
--- a/Build/AtlasLCG/LCGConfig-version.cmake
+++ b/Build/AtlasLCG/LCGConfig-version.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if( NOT LCG_RELEASE_BASE )
       set( LCG_RELEASE_BASE $ENV{LCG_RELEASE_BASE} CACHE
          PATH "Directory holding LCG releases" )
    else()
-      set( LCG_RELEASE_BASE "/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/releases" CACHE
+      set( LCG_RELEASE_BASE "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases" CACHE
          PATH "Directory holding LCG releases" )
    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/Projects/AthDerivationExternals/CMakeLists.txt b/Projects/AthDerivationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
index f3b238fd7d8abc3bd25113e9bf6c98d9fa6544a1..86dd5b26ab76499da40ed61222ae60a0c02b1102 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDerivationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDerivationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ find_package( AtlasCMake REQUIRED )
 
 # Set up which LCG version to use:
 set( LCG_VERSION_POSTFIX "" )
-set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 87 )
+set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 88 )
 find_package( LCG ${LCG_VERSION_NUMBER} REQUIRED EXACT )
 
 # Set up CTest:
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulationExternals/CMakeLists.txt b/Projects/AthSimulationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
index d11567fd0f5f6563af5823b3d65f7bf3bdf8c9b0..4c0463afd13f4911521b3a8bd0f3f4d9db0d5cb8 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulationExternals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ find_package( AtlasCMake REQUIRED )
 
 # Set up which LCG version to use:
 set( LCG_VERSION_POSTFIX "" )
-set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 87 )
+set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 88 )
 find_package( LCG ${LCG_VERSION_NUMBER} REQUIRED EXACT )
 
 # Set up CTest:
diff --git a/Projects/AthenaExternals/CMakeLists.txt b/Projects/AthenaExternals/CMakeLists.txt
index 96afd1b3e64a6b279358441ccc390bd0b5a9d130..dce4c1c0377800b0299ae807f804d408585223d9 100644
--- a/Projects/AthenaExternals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthenaExternals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ find_package( AtlasCMake REQUIRED )
 
 # Set up which LCG version to use:
 set( LCG_VERSION_POSTFIX "" )
-set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 87 )
+set( LCG_VERSION_NUMBER 88 )
 find_package( LCG ${LCG_VERSION_NUMBER} REQUIRED EXACT )
 
 # Set up CTest: