diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da6f08e7f..fbb697a41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif()
 ##
 add_library(${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE)
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}::${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME} ALIAS ${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME})
-target_compile_features(${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE cxx_range_for)
 
 target_include_directories(
     ${NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME}
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index dd3f3027f..51164b5a6 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../test/data/regression/floats.json
 
 # benchmark binary
 add_executable(json_benchmarks src/benchmarks.cpp)
-target_compile_features(json_benchmarks PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(json_benchmarks PRIVATE cxx_range_for)
 target_link_libraries(json_benchmarks benchmark ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 04acdaab0..614ff5caf 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ set_target_properties(catch_main PROPERTIES
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS>"
     COMPILE_OPTIONS "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/EHsc;$<$<CONFIG:Release>:/Od>>"
 )
-target_compile_features(catch_main PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(catch_main PUBLIC cxx_range_for)
 target_include_directories(catch_main PRIVATE "thirdparty/catch")
 
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2368811/how-to-set-warning-level-in-cmake