diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ed95a0e..dbf2a83 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'hl2sdk-starter',
   'cpp',
   default_options: [
-    'cpp_std=c++20',
+    'cpp_std=c++17',
   ],
 )