diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a604b7e9a..0d0a0b229 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 * Class names use `InitialCapsNames`
 * Methods use `camelCaseNames`
 * Do not indent the contents of namespaces
-* Code should follow the C++14 standard, with minimum required compiler versions
-  GCC 6.1, Clang 3.4, MSVC 14.1 (2017) and Intel 17.0.
+* Code should follow the C++17 standard, with minimum required compiler versions
+  GCC 7.0, Clang 4.0, MSVC 14.14 (Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7) and Intel 19.0.
 * Avoid manual memory management (that is, `new` and `delete`), preferring to use
   standard library containers, as well as `std::unique_ptr` and
   `std::shared_ptr` when dynamic allocation is required.
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 418913116..bf4c4266c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ config_options = [
            options with spaces, for example, "cxx_flags='-g -Wextra -O3 --std=c++14'"
            """,
         {
-            "cl": "/EHsc",
-            "default": "-std=c++14"
+            "cl": "/EHsc /std:c++17",
+            "default": "-std=c++17"
         }),
     Option(
         "CC",