diff --git a/cub/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/cub/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 04c6cbe84b..7c537276d0 100644
--- a/cub/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cub/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ function(add_bench target_name bench_name bench_src)
       ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CUB_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIR}"
       LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CUB_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIR}"
       RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CUB_EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_DIR}"
-  )
+      CUDA_STANDARD 17
+      CXX_STANDARD 17)
 endfunction()
 
 function(add_bench_dir bench_dir)
diff --git a/cub/benchmarks/nvbench_helper/CMakeLists.txt b/cub/benchmarks/nvbench_helper/CMakeLists.txt
index a3576d4cf9..ef919ca0b4 100644
--- a/cub/benchmarks/nvbench_helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cub/benchmarks/nvbench_helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ target_link_libraries(nvbench_helper PUBLIC CUB::CUB
                                      PRIVATE CUDA::curand)
 
 target_include_directories(nvbench_helper PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
+set_target_properties(nvbench_helper PROPERTIES CUDA_STANDARD 17 CXX_STANDARD 17)