diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ec54e68f3635..ce1d1c63ddc6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('libcamera', 'c', 'cpp',
     default_options : [
         'werror=true',
         'warning_level=2',
-        'cpp_std=c++14',
+        'cpp_std=c++17',
     ],
     license : 'LGPL 2.1+')