diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f535eb0..8740faf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
 project(octomap_msgs)
 
 # Default to C++14
 if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 endif()
 
 # Disable Wredundant-decls warnings since rosidl generates redundant function declarations