diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/meta
index 191f51db6e..748c1d20fa 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="boost"
-PKG_VERSION="1_52_0"
+PKG_VERSION="1_53_0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.52.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.53.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib bzip2"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost-jam Python-host zlib bzip2"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"