diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dd90d9..1b36e27 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PROJECT(LIBCAPS)
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.4)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-IF(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4.7")
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-std=c++11 -DBOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUM -DBOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS)
+IF(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7.0")
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-std=c++17 -DBOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUM -DBOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS)
 ELSE()
     MESSAGE(ERROR "The CAPS client library requires gcc version 4.7 or higher")
 ENDIF()