diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abbeead..ae1275b 100644
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 project("WDT" LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION 1.32.1910230)
 
 # WDT uses C++17 features per fdbc5432230290f86ff8ad89ab52d5b7fef232b4
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED on)
 
 # somehow 'option' for this doesn't seeem to work/I don't know how to make it