diff --git a/tools/cmake/build.cmake b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
index 35d4a4d68c..3ededd1ae7 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/build.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ function(__build_set_default_build_specifications)
                                     # go into the final binary so have no impact on size
                                     "-ggdb")
 
-    list(APPEND c_compile_options   "-std=gnu99")
+    list(APPEND c_compile_options   "-std=gnu17")
 
-    list(APPEND cxx_compile_options "-std=gnu++11")
+    list(APPEND cxx_compile_options "-std=gnu++20")
 
     idf_build_set_property(COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${compile_definitions}" APPEND)
     idf_build_set_property(COMPILE_OPTIONS "${compile_options}" APPEND)