diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3402ac25..12923a31b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include(resources/include_pybind11.cmake)
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/macros.cmake)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
 # This sets interprocedural optimization off as this leads to some problems on some systems
 set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION OFF)