diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 63cff4fe167..785cc0b1a3c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ if env["lto"] != "none":
 # This needs to come after `configure`, otherwise we don't have env.msvc.
 if not env.msvc:
     # Specifying GNU extensions support explicitly, which are supported by
-    # both GCC and Clang. Both currently default to gnu11 and gnu++17.
-    env.Prepend(CFLAGS=["-std=gnu11"])
+    # both GCC and Clang. Both currently default to gnu17 and gnu++17.
+    env.Prepend(CFLAGS=["-std=gnu17"])
     env.Prepend(CXXFLAGS=["-std=gnu++17"])
 else:
     # MSVC started offering C standard support with Visual Studio 2019 16.8, which covers all
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ else:
     if cc_version_major < 16:
         print_warning("Visual Studio 2017 cannot specify a C-Standard.")
     else:
-        env.Prepend(CFLAGS=["/std:c11"])
+        env.Prepend(CFLAGS=["/std:c17"])
     # MSVC is non-conforming with the C++ standard by default, so we enable more conformance.
     # Note that this is still not complete conformance, as certain Windows-related headers
     # don't compile under complete conformance.