diff --git a/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj b/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
index f05f548a4..37ef3b749 100644
--- a/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
+++ b/GoogleTestAdapter/GoogleTestProjectTemplate/GoogleTest.vcxproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{$guid1$}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>$targetplatformversion$</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>$platformtoolset$</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>$rtdebug$</RuntimeLibrary>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>$rtdebug$</RuntimeLibrary>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>$rtrelease$</RuntimeLibrary>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>$rtrelease$</RuntimeLibrary>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>