diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
index 3cc10875f0..5b3f32b53f 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="boost"
-PKG_VERSION="1.78.0"
-PKG_SHA256="8681f175d4bdb26c52222665793eef08490d7758529330f98d3b29dd0735bccc"
+PKG_VERSION="1.79.0"
+PKG_SHA256="475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${PKG_VERSION}/source/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION//./_}.tar.bz2"