diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e98c5eb..bb161cf0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 include (CheckIncludeFile)
 include (CPack)
 
-# let's use & require C++14 - note these are only functional with CMake 3.1
+# let's use & require C++17 - note these are only functional with CMake 3.1
 # we do manual fallbacks for CMake 3.0 in the compilers section
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES)
 
 project(TerraGear)