diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21ae2d8..831460b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+ - Now compiled with C++17 standard. Also required.
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 977a976..1855576 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
 endif()
 
 #Compiler options
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -std=c++11")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -std=c++17")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -DDEBUG")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6689326..7d64db5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Recent Linux version. Target is all current Ubuntu Desktop LTS versions (up to 5
 Target is all official supported versions of windows for x86-64 that allows manually installed software. Currently Windows 10+.
 
 ## Dependencies
-* A version of g++ with C++11 support. Tested on g++-4.9
+* A version of g++ with C++17 support. Tested on g++-11
 * libSDL2
 * libSDL2_image
 * libSDL2_mixer