diff --git a/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile b/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
index 1ef563fba129..2b2cc1c08480 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	ots
 PORTVERSION=	9.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	OpenType Sanitizer
 WWW=		https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	meson>=0.55.2:devel/meson
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libbrotlidec.so:archivers/brotli \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libgtest.so:devel/googletest \
 		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libwoff2dec.so:devel/woff2
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang meson pkgconfig tar:xz
+USES=		compiler:c++14-lang meson pkgconfig tar:xz
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14 # googletest 1.13
 
 MESON_ARGS=	--default-library=both -Ddebug=false -Dgraphite=true
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>