diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 58ab5c2..4f56a25 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include(GoogleTest)
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
 function(add_gmock_test target)
     add_executable(${target} ${ARGN})
     target_link_libraries(${target} config playlist bookmarks event_bus ${GMOCK_BOTH_LIBRARIES} ${XDG_BASEDIR_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CURL_LIBRARIES} ${JSONCPP_LIBRARIES} pthread)
diff --git a/tests/bookmarks_test.cpp b/tests/bookmarks_test.cpp
index 2d72356..97f898a 100644
--- a/tests/bookmarks_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/bookmarks_test.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ TEST(Bookmarks, test_that_stations_are_added_and_removed_from_a_group_and_moved)
 	ASSERT_FALSE(bm[0].stations[0].notifications);
 
 	// vector only throws when using at()
-	EXPECT_THROW(bm[0].stations.at(100), std::out_of_range);
+	EXPECT_THROW(static_cast<void>(bm[0].stations.at(100)), std::out_of_range);
 	EXPECT_THROW(bm[1], std::out_of_range);
 }