diff --git a/cmake.deps/cmake/TreesitterCMakeLists.txt b/cmake.deps/cmake/TreesitterCMakeLists.txt
index 9017436ef5..759fa93bb0 100644
--- a/cmake.deps/cmake/TreesitterCMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake.deps/cmake/TreesitterCMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(tree-sitter C)
-
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 add_library(tree-sitter lib/src/lib.c)
 target_include_directories(tree-sitter
   PRIVATE lib/src lib/include)