diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
index ab1700180b..360a46831f 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="boost"
-PKG_VERSION="1_60_0"
+PKG_VERSION="1_61_0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.60.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.61.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain boost:host Python:host zlib bzip2"