diff --git a/doc/testing.rst b/doc/testing.rst
index a00f787c0..892760497 100644
--- a/doc/testing.rst
+++ b/doc/testing.rst
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Testing
 Installation
 ------------
 
-Only Clang_ 3.9+ or GCC_ 5.4+, `Boost.MultiArray`_ (which adds to `C++`_
+Only Clang_ 5+ or GCC_ 7+, `Boost.MultiArray`_ (which adds to `C++`_
 the nice Fortran array semantics and syntax), Boost.Operators and a few
 other Boost libraries are needed.
 
-To have all tests compiling, it is better to use Clang_ 5.0+ or GCC_
+To have all the tests compiling, it is better to use Clang_ 5.0+ or GCC_
 7+.
 
 To install them on latest Linux Debian/unstable (this should work on
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ latest Ubuntu too, just adapt the compiler versions):
 
 There is nothing else to do for now to use the include files from triSYCL_
 ``include`` directory when compiling a program. Just add a
-``-I.../include`` option and ``-std=c++14`` or ``-std=c++17`` when compiling.
+``-I.../include`` option and ``-std=c++1z`` or ``-std=c++17`` when compiling.
 
 triSYCL_ is configurable through preprocessor macros described in
 `macros <macros.rst>`_.
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 1ab8be551..fc390b469 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ CLEANING_TARGETS += $(KERNELS_BC) $(KERNELS_BIN) $(KERNELS_INTERNALIZED_CXX) \
 # The implementation uses C++14.
 # Use -Wno-ignored-attributes to avoid a lot of warning with
 # Boost.Compute and g++ version >= 6
-CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wno-ignored-attributes -std=c++1y -I$(triSYCL_DIR)/include \
+CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wno-ignored-attributes -std=c++1z -I$(triSYCL_DIR)/include \
 	-I$(triSYCL_DIR)/tests/common
 
 # Vivado HLS path