diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1db87099..e9e22034 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ project('sysprof', 'c',
           license: ['GPL3+', 'GPL2+'],
           version: '45.alpha',
     meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
-  default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu11',
-                     'cpp_std=c++11',
+  default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu17',
+                     'cpp_std=gnu++17',
                      'warning_level=2',
   ]
 )
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ test_c_args = [
   '-Wswitch-default',
   '-Wswitch-enum',
   '-Wuninitialized',
-  ['-Werror=format-security', '-Werror=format=2' ],
+  ['-Werror=format-security', '-Werror=format=2'],
   '-Werror=empty-body',
   '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration',
   '-Werror=pointer-arith',