diff --git a/script/install_BOOST.sh b/script/install_BOOST.sh
index 0deb5de824058a09eb16661732b084b36848bdde..b4f76e331848714caf947367a0c998db8a02e9b4 100755
--- a/script/install_BOOST.sh
+++ b/script/install_BOOST.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ if [ -d "$1/BOOST" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-rm boost_1_75_0.tar.bz2
-wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/boost_1_75_0.tar.bz2
-tar -xvf boost_1_75_0.tar.bz2
-cd boost_1_75_0
+rm boost_1_77_0.tar.bz2
+wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/boost_1_77_0.tar.bz2
+tar -xvf boost_1_77_0.tar.bz2
+cd boost_1_77_0
 if [ x"$4" != x"" ]; then
 	if [ -f $HOME/user-config.jam ]; then
 		mv $HOME/user-config.jam $HOME/user-config.jam_bck
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ else
     ./b2 -j $2 install --prefix=$1/BOOST
 fi
 
-rm -rf boost_1_75_0
+rm -rf boost_1_77_0
 
 if [ -f $HOME/user-config.jam_bck ]; then
 	mv $HOME/user-config.jam_bck $HOME/user-config.jam
 fi
-rm -rf boost_1_75_0.tar.bz2
+rm -rf boost_1_77_0.tar.bz2
 
diff --git a/script/remove_old b/script/remove_old
index ce0b9a91d8eea2654be6c6f9839960010eb95319..3c3a0ca370323fb9813006ef85235985fdc394e6 100755
--- a/script/remove_old
+++ b/script/remove_old
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ function remove_old()
     ## Check the installed version of the dependencies
 
     if [ -d $1/BOOST ]; then
-    	is_update=$(cat $1/BOOST/include/boost/version.hpp | grep "#define BOOST_VERSION 107500")
+    	is_update=$(cat $1/BOOST/include/boost/version.hpp | grep "#define BOOST_VERSION 107700")
     	if [ x"$is_update" == x"" ]; then
             echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \033[0m"
-            echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  Boost has been updated to 1.75, the component will be updated automatically \033[0m"
+            echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  Boost has been updated to 1.77, the component will be updated automatically \033[0m"
             echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \033[0m"
             sleep 5
             rm -rf $1/BOOST/include