diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7085bcae..a6008481f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ find_package( ecbuild 3.7 REQUIRED HINTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CUR
 
 # Initialise project
 project( eccodes VERSION 2.30.0 LANGUAGES CXX )
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)