diff --git a/script/install_BOOST.sh b/script/install_BOOST.sh
index 93668d2dbf1112cc592c6eead70df9f2298ab8f4..723da2c4458ce197211398b6687db9e0bad50675 100755
--- a/script/install_BOOST.sh
+++ b/script/install_BOOST.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ if [ -d "$1/BOOST" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/boost_1_68_0.tar.bz2
-tar -xvf boost_1_68_0.tar.bz2
-cd boost_1_68_0
+wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2
+tar -xvf boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2
+cd boost_1_72_0
 if [ x"$4" != x"" ]; then
 	if [ -f $HOME/user-config.jam ]; then
 		mv $HOME/user-config.jam $HOME/user-config.jam_bck
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ fi
 ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=$3
 mkdir $1/BOOST
 ./b2 -j $2 install --prefix=$1/BOOST
-rm -rf boost_1_68_0
+rm -rf boost_1_72_0
 
 if [ -f $HOME/user-config.jam_bck ]; then
 	mv $HOME/user-config.jam_bck $HOME/user-config.jam
 fi
-rm -rf boost_1_68_0.tar.bz2
+rm -rf boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2