diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 35a4b79d..cd996301 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
 add_executable(hello_world hello_world.cc)
 target_link_libraries(hello_world PRIVATE DataFrame)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index f312d6f6..4f4eebc0 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 add_executable(dataframe_tester dataframe_tester.cc)
 target_link_libraries(dataframe_tester PRIVATE DataFrame Threads::Threads)
 target_compile_options(dataframe_tester