diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c396696..bf988c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ include(cmake/PrePush.cmake)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror -Wall -Wextra -fvisibility=hidden -fPIC -pthread")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -Werror -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wextra -fPIC -pthread")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17 -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wextra -fPIC -pthread")
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 
 # We leverage GCC's sanitize functionality