diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 333305acb2042be14a56b5f8a5f431d2529cd7cf..25c15a5a5768e9f813f21fc8d0903138ffcdbf04 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = rocksdb
-version = 0.9.0
+version = 0.9.1
 description = Python bindings for RocksDB
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2450eefc0b9ad9797dbf421cfb3f823e507c8b82..e902955cc30b5cc67a17f07e587d8c3d03e46ade 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from pkgconfig import PackageNotFoundError
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
 
 extra_compile_args = [
-    '-std=c++11',
+    '-std=c++17',
     '-O3',
     '-Wall',
     '-Wextra',