diff --git a/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj b/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
index f05f548a..90596604 100644
--- a/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
+++ b/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>$targetplatformversion$</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <PlatformToolset>$platformtoolset$</PlatformToolset>
+    <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />