diff --git a/.dd4hep-ci.d/compile_and_test.sh b/.dd4hep-ci.d/compile_and_test.sh
index c847be90cc941a2d839cba4bf08755433e14d0d5..af4e08d47f57df52c2088bec0eba6e581cc1e320 100755
--- a/.dd4hep-ci.d/compile_and_test.sh
+++ b/.dd4hep-ci.d/compile_and_test.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ctest --output-on-failure -j4 && \
 cd ../examples/ && \
 mkdir build && \
 cd build && \
-cmake -GNinja -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON .. && \
+cmake -GNinja -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${STANDARD} .. && \
 ninja && \
 ninja install && \
 ctest --output-on-failure -j2