diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c840c004..f31502a7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('kiwix-tools', 'cpp',
   version : '3.5.0',
   license : 'GPL',
-  default_options: ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++11', 'werror=true'])
+  default_options: ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17', 'werror=true'])
 
 compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')