diff --git a/.dd4hep-ci.d/coverity_scan.sh b/.dd4hep-ci.d/coverity_scan.sh
index 60ef6858d49d57ad018958d02dd634b2c35e18b5..d57aee9808951e6f80c0dcc7e755ca40d6bf1436 100755
--- a/.dd4hep-ci.d/coverity_scan.sh
+++ b/.dd4hep-ci.d/coverity_scan.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source /Package/.dd4hep-ci.d/init_x86_64.sh
 cd /Package
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -D DD4HEP_USE_GEANT4=ON -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON -D DD4HEP_USE_LCIO=ON -D BUILD_TESTING=ON  -D Geant4_DIR=$G4INSTALL/lib64/Geant4-10.4.0 -D DD4HEP_USE_CXX11=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DROOT_DIR=$ROOTSYS -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color=always" .. && \
+cmake -DDD4HEP_USE_GEANT4=ON -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON -DDD4HEP_USE_LCIO=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color=always" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
 export PATH=/cov-analysis-linux64/bin:$PATH && \
 cov-build --dir cov-int make -j4 && \
 tar czvf myproject.tgz cov-int