diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 939546c40f..0e5b212f40 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 project(jak)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Set default compile flags for GCC
 # optimization level can be set here. Note that game/ overwrites this for building game C++ code.
diff --git a/game/CMakeLists.txt b/game/CMakeLists.txt
index e51dde9e25..d73e4968fe 100644
--- a/game/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/game/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # We define our own compilation flags here.
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Set default compile flags for GCC
 # optimization level can be set here. Note that game/ overwrites this for building game C++ code.