diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
index 0ba7d5f8dd..9e90bccba6 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.56.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.60.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain boost:host Python:host zlib bzip2"