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 ## Building and installing the library
 
 libmatroska is based on `cmake`. It requires a C++ compiler compatible
-with the C++14 standard as well as
+with the C++17 standard as well as
 [libebml](https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml). This means that
 the normal build process consists of the usual steps: