diff --git a/recipes/regenie/meta.yaml b/recipes/regenie/meta.yaml
index 6cdf4fbc28e35..7452690e0e94e 100644
--- a/recipes/regenie/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/regenie/meta.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ requirements:
     - llvm-openmp  # [osx]
     - libgomp  # [linux]
     - bgenix >=1.1.7
-    - boost-cpp >=1.74
+    - boost-cpp 1.74
     - liblapack * *mkl
     - mkl >=2020.4
     - mkl-include
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - llvm-openmp  # [osx]
     - libgomp  # [linux]
-    - boost-cpp >=1.74
+    - boost-cpp 1.74
     - mkl >=2020.4
     - sqlite