diff --git a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
index c09997d39d..4fd516fff5 100644
--- a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@
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       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 /std:c++17 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4221;4244;4267;4334;4715;4805;4834</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>ZMQ_STATIC;NOMINMAX;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_SILENCE_CXX17_OLD_ALLOCATOR_MEMBERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;ZMQ_STATIC;NOMINMAX;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\univalue\include;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;..\..\src\leveldb\include;..\..\src\leveldb\helpers\memenv;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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