diff --git a/test/api/CMakeLists.txt b/test/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cc3a47b91741490ebfcabad1b0ddb59308da162..301715d38fa391816bc90da7afa7f3b6e08f469b 100644
--- a/test/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 - 2024 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ add_executable(
   ${intrinsiccv_api_test_sources}
 )
 
+set_target_properties(
+  intrinsiccv-api-test
+  PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17
+)
+
 target_include_directories(
   intrinsiccv-api-test
   PRIVATE ${INTRINSICCV_INCLUDE_DIR}
diff --git a/test/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/test/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a0633031b8b2595b53203c7a427ee2b050e1d1c..20feeb2f8c672f440d97bb25a6544eefc2453f1f 100644
--- a/test/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 - 2024 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ add_executable(
   ${intrinsiccv_framework_test_sources}
 )
 
+set_target_properties(
+  intrinsiccv-framework-test
+  PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17
+)
+
 target_include_directories(
   intrinsiccv-framework-test
   PRIVATE ${INTRINSICCV_INCLUDE_DIR}