diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc6b871d..cfdae8ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.70.0")
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
-
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 find_package(ECM 5.41.0 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)