diff --git a/libcxx/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libcxx/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
           RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${BENCHMARK_OUTPUT_DIR}"
           COMPILE_FLAGS "${BENCHMARK_TEST_LIBCXX_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
           LINK_FLAGS "${BENCHMARK_TEST_LIBCXX_LINK_FLAGS}"
-          CXX_STANDARD 17
+          CXX_STANDARD 20
           CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES
           CXX_EXTENSIONS NO)
   cxx_link_system_libraries(${libcxx_target})
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
           INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ""
           COMPILE_FLAGS "${BENCHMARK_TEST_NATIVE_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
           LINK_FLAGS "${BENCHMARK_TEST_NATIVE_LINK_FLAGS}"
-          CXX_STANDARD 17
+          CXX_STANDARD 20
           CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES
           CXX_EXTENSIONS NO)
   endif()
diff --git a/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 New Features
 ------------
 
-- ...
+- Starting with libc++13 a C++20 capable compiler is required to build the
+  libc++ benchmarks.
 
 API Changes
 -----------