diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c1b01933fb2bc902977bb6e4a40479b520a55b2..6a6e81dc6da3833fdd0ab82112d869455e6f35d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if(ENABLE_GPU)
 	find_package(CUDA)
 endif()
 
-find_package(Boost 1.66.0 COMPONENTS unit_test_framework iostreams program_options)
+find_package(Boost 1.68.0 COMPONENTS unit_test_framework iostreams program_options)
 find_package(MPI)
 find_package(PETSc)
 find_package(HDF5)