diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ecef7e..9fe540b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(cuq LANGUAGES CXX)
 project(cuq LANGUAGES CXX CUDA)
 
-set(CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD 14)
 
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "-lineinfo")
 
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -Xcompiler -Werror") #flags to host compiler behind the nvcc
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -Werror cross-execution-space-call,reorder,deprecated-declarations")
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wpedantic -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wunused -Wdouble-promotion")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g -rdynamic")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")