diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1e0789..c4e936f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
 set(BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN TRUE)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
+
 if(NOT APPLE)
   set(kaldifeat_rpath_origin "$ORIGIN")
 else()
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14 CACHE STRING "The C++ version to be used.")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The C++ version to be used.")
 endif()
 message(STATUS "C++ Standard version: ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Whether to build shared libraries" ON)
 option(kaldifeat_BUILD_TESTS "Whether to build tests or not" ON)
 option(kaldifeat_BUILD_PYMODULE "Whether to build python module or not" ON)
 
-
 message(STATUS "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND MSVC)