diff --git a/extra/vlc/PKGBUILD b/extra/vlc/PKGBUILD
index 779d4fbb3..2006fc6e0 100644
--- a/extra/vlc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/vlc/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ _vlcver=3.0.18
 # optional fixup version including hyphen
 _vlcfixupver=
 pkgver=${_vlcver}${_vlcfixupver//-/.r}
-pkgrel=11
+pkgrel=12
 pkgdesc='Multi-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player'
 url='https://www.videolan.org/vlc/'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ build() {
 
   export CFLAGS+=" -I/usr/include/samba-4.0 -ffat-lto-objects"
   export CPPFLAGS+=" -I/usr/include/samba-4.0"
-  export CXXFLAGS+=" -std=c++11"
+  export CXXFLAGS+=" -std=c++17"
   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/ffmpeg4.4/pkgconfig"
   # upstream doesn't support lua 5.4 yet: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/25036
   export LUAC=/usr/bin/luac5.2