diff --git a/api/wasm/cpp/Makefile.base b/api/wasm/cpp/Makefile.base
index 2bb974112dcee..bd435c42a2f34 100644
--- a/api/wasm/cpp/Makefile.base
+++ b/api/wasm/cpp/Makefile.base
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 %.wasm %.wat: %.cc ${API}/proxy_wasm_intrinsics.h ${API}/proxy_wasm_intrinsics.js
-	em++ -s WASM=1 -s LEGALIZE_JS_FFI=0 -s EMIT_EMSCRIPTEN_METADATA=1 --std=c++14 -O3 -g3 -I${API} --js-library ${API}/proxy_wasm_intrinsics.js $*.cc ${CONTEXT_LIB} -o $*.js
+	em++ -s WASM=1 -s LEGALIZE_JS_FFI=0 -s EMIT_EMSCRIPTEN_METADATA=1 --std=c++17 -O3 -g3 -I${API} --js-library ${API}/proxy_wasm_intrinsics.js $*.cc ${CONTEXT_LIB} -o $*.js
 	wavm-disas $*.wasm $*.wat
 	wavm-compile $*.wasm $*.wasm
 	rm -f $*.js $*.wast