diff --git a/patches/boost-1-78-add-arm64-instruction-set.patch b/patches/boost-1-78-add-arm64-instruction-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e36fd1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/boost-1-78-add-arm64-instruction-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--- a/tools/build/src/tools/features/instruction-set-feature.jam
++++ b/tools/build/src/tools/features/instruction-set-feature.jam
+64c64
+<         armv7 armv7s
+---
+>         armv7 armv7s arm64
diff --git a/python/build_definitions/boost.py b/python/build_definitions/boost.py
index 50a9126e..6bafda82 100644
--- a/python/build_definitions/boost.py
+++ b/python/build_definitions/boost.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 class BoostDependency(Dependency):
     MAJOR_VERSION = 1
-    MINOR_VERSION = 69
+    MINOR_VERSION = 78
     PATCH_VERSION = 0
     VERSION_TUPLE = (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION)
     VERSION_STR = "%s.%s.%s" % VERSION_TUPLE
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
             license='Boost Software License 1.0')
         self.dir = '{}_{}'.format(self.name, self.underscored_version)
         self.copy_sources = True
-        self.patches = ['boost-1-69-remove-pending-integer_log2-include.patch',
-                        'boost-1-69-mac-compiler-flags.patch']
-        if is_macos_arm64_build():
-            self.patches.append('boost-1-69-add-arm64-instruction-set.patch')
+        self.patches = ['boost-1-78-add-arm64-instruction-set.patch']
 
     def build(self, builder: BuilderInterface) -> None:
         libs = ['system', 'thread', 'atomic', 'program_options', 'regex', 'date_time']
diff --git a/thirdparty_src_checksums.txt b/thirdparty_src_checksums.txt
index 31b4725e..fa4690e4 100644
--- a/thirdparty_src_checksums.txt
+++ b/thirdparty_src_checksums.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
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+8681f175d4bdb26c52222665793eef08490d7758529330f98d3b29dd0735bccc  boost-1.78.0.tar.bz2
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