diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f81dbf..9d2ad2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
   Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets
   OpenMeshCore
   eigen)
-target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
   AUTOMOC ON
   AUTORCC ON