diff --git a/ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch b/ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2997ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: ade-0.1.2d/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- ade-0.1.2d.orig/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ade-0.1.2d/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ option(FORCE_ADE_ASSERTS       "Always e
+ option(BUILD_ADE_DOCUMENTATION "Build doxygen documentation"      OFF)
+ option(BUILD_WITH_STATIC_CRT   "Build with static multi-threaded C Runtime (MS Windows/Visual Studio only)" OFF)
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+ 
+ # TODO: this is horrible hack, we must follow cmake
+ # build/install policy
diff --git a/ade.changes b/ade.changes
index be4842a..ed364c7 100644
--- a/ade.changes
+++ b/ade.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 25 08:16:19 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Add ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch: Enforce CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
+  to allow building tests with gtest >= 1.14.0 (gh#opencv/ade#44).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  1 01:17:53 UTC 2024 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/ade.spec b/ade.spec
index c3c56df..ca87e99 100644
--- a/ade.spec
+++ b/ade.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ade
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 URL:            https://opencv.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/opencv/ade/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch gh#opencv/ade#44 badshah400@gmail.com -- Enforce CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 to allow building tests with gtest >= 1.14.0
+Patch0:         ade-use-cxx14-standard.patch
 BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  cmake > 3.2
 %if %{with tests}
@@ -52,15 +54,18 @@ A graph construction, manipulation, and processing framework. It is suitable
 for organizing data flow processing and execution.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%autosetup -p1
 # fixup library install directory (i.e. use CMake default)
 sed -i -e 's@ DESTINATION lib@ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}@' sources/ade/CMakeLists.txt
 
 %build
+# c++14 is required, at a minimum, for gtest to build tests
 %cmake \
   %{?with_tutorials:-DBUILD_ADE_TUTORIAL=ON} \
   %{?with_docs:-DBUILD_ADE_DOCUMENTATION=ON} \
-  %{?with_tests:-DGTEST_ROOT:PATH=%{_prefix} -DENABLE_ADE_TESTING=ON} \
+  %{?with_tests:-DGTEST_ROOT:PATH=%{_prefix} \
+  -DENABLE_ADE_TESTING=ON} \
+  %{nil}
 
 %cmake_build