diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 14d91bc0a..40e69e0a6 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ if (LLAMA_CURL)
 endif ()
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PUBLIC .)
-target_compile_features   (${TARGET} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features   (${TARGET} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 target_link_libraries     (${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} PUBLIC llama Threads::Threads)