diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26104d6d79fa6ebe2d978a86cf838cce4189f1a5..36ed23d154dd9825facf340bbe7954932b76855d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 # Version 1 - 2014-09-21, David Snider (sniderdj@umich.edu)
 # Vertion 0 - ????-??-??, Matt Diffenderfer (mjdiffy@umich.edu)
 
-# enables c++11 on CAEN
-PATH := /usr/um/gcc-4.8.3/bin:$(PATH)
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH := /usr/um/gcc-4.8.3/lib64
-LD_RUN_PATH := /usr/um/gcc-4.8.3/lib64
+# enables c++14 on CAEN
+PATH := /usr/um/gcc-5.1.0/bin:$(PATH)
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH := /usr/um/gcc-5.1.0/lib64
+LD_RUN_PATH := /usr/um/gcc-5.1.0/lib64
 
 # TODO
 # Change EXECUTABLE to match the command name given in the project spec.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ PARTIAL_SUBMITFILE = partialsubmit.tar.gz
 FULL_SUBMITFILE = fullsubmit.tar.gz
 
 #Default Flags
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic 
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++14 -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic 
 
 # make release - will compile "all" with $(CXXFLAGS) and the -O3 flag
 #				 also defines NDEBUG so that asserts will not check