diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 555083f7a..fca77ecb4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('libkiwix', 'cpp',
   version : '12.1.0',
   license : 'GPLv3+',
-  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')