diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index ce8406b58aa..f8ff2215f2d 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-build --cxxopt=--std=c++14
+build --cxxopt=--std=c++17
 build --copt=-I.
 # Bazel does not support including its cc_library targets as system
 # headers. We work around this for generated code
diff --git a/third_party/gloo.BUILD b/third_party/gloo.BUILD
index 3f623e54e6a..e9deaa13fc6 100644
--- a/third_party/gloo.BUILD
+++ b/third_party/gloo.BUILD
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ cc_library(
         ]
     ) + if_cuda(glob(["gloo/cuda*.cc"])),
     copts = [
-        "-std=gnu++11",
-        "-std=c++11",
+        "-std=c++17",
     ],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [":gloo_headers"] + if_cuda(