diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index 800c424c5..48c60710d 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package=boost
 
-$(package)_version=1_66_0
-$(package)_download_path=https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source
-$(package)_sha256_hash=5721818253e6a0989583192f96782c4a98eb6204965316df9f5ad75819225ca9
+$(package)_version=1_72_0
+$(package)_download_path=https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.72.0/source/
+$(package)_sha256_hash=59c9b274bc451cf91a9ba1dd2c7fdcaf5d60b1b3aa83f2c9fa143417cc660722
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)_$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 
 define $(package)_set_vars