diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 040cd87..052b9e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(
 	LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fd2bc6b..cbf3e06 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ questioned, and it was thus abandoned for a few years. Judging by the
 inquiries and contributions, albeit few, on GitHub, it looks like it remains
 relevant, so let's dust it off a bit.
 
-Today, opustags is written in C++14 and features a unit test suite in C++, and
+Today, opustags is written in C++ and features a unit test suite in C++, and
 an integration test suite in Perl. The code was refactored, organized into
 modules, and reviewed for safety.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bef65f7..c94d8e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 
 * a POSIX-compliant system,
-* a C++14 compiler,
+* a C++17 compiler,
 * CMake ≥ 3.9,
 * libogg 1.3.3.