diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15dfb8bff..d452e2a1d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ endif()
 # before that it's an empty variable so we check if it's any number > 0
 if(NOT DEFINED ROOT_CXX_STANDARD)
   get_target_property(ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES ROOT::Core INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES)
-  if("cxx_std_17" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
+  if("cxx_std_11" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
+    set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+  elseif("cxx_std_14" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
+    set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+  elseif("cxx_std_17" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
     set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 17)
   elseif("cxx_std_20" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
     set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 20)
-  elseif("cxx_std_14" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
-    set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 14)
-  elseif("cxx_std_11" IN_LIST ROOT_COMPILE_FEATURES)
-    set(ROOT_CXX_STANDARD 11)
   else()
     message(WARNING "ROOT c++ standard could not be detected")
   endif()