diff --git a/libs/boost/Makefile b/libs/boost/Makefile
index 16b06ac0c8..a02851338a 100644
--- a/libs/boost/Makefile
+++ b/libs/boost/Makefile
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=boost
-PKG_VERSION:=1.76.0
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1_76_0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.79.0
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1_79_0
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/$(PKG_NAME)/$(PKG_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION) https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/$(PKG_VERSION)/source/
-PKG_HASH:=f0397ba6e982c4450f27bf32a2a83292aba035b827a5623a14636ea583318c41
+PKG_HASH:=475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Carlos M. Ferreira <carlosmf.pt@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSL-1.0
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ define Package/boost/Default
 endef
 
 define Package/boost/description
-This package provides the Boost v1.76.0 libraries.
+This package provides the Boost v1.79.0 libraries.
 Boost is a set of free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries.
 
 This package provides the following run-time libraries:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ This package provides the following run-time libraries:
  - wave
 
 There are many more header-only libraries supported by Boost.
-See more at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_76_0/
+See more at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_78_0/
 endef
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=boost/host
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,coroutine,system chrono context thread,,!boost-
 $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,date_time))
 #$(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,exception,,))
 $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,fiber,coroutine filesystem,,!boost-fiber-exclude))
-$(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,filesystem,system))
+$(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,filesystem,system atomic))
 $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,graph,regex))
 $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,iostreams,,,,zlib liblzma libbz2 libzstd))
 $(eval $(call DefineBoostLibrary,json,container))
diff --git a/libs/boost/patches/010-mips64-fiber.patch b/libs/boost/patches/010-mips64-fiber.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 768c4b21b3..0000000000
--- a/libs/boost/patches/010-mips64-fiber.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/boost/fiber/detail/cpu_relax.hpp
-+++ b/boost/fiber/detail/cpu_relax.hpp
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace detail {
- # else
- #  define cpu_relax() asm volatile ("nop" ::: "memory");
- # endif
--#elif BOOST_ARCH_MIPS && (__mips_isa_rev > 1) && !defined(_MIPS_ARCH_OCTEONP)
-+#elif BOOST_ARCH_MIPS && (((__mips_isa_rev > 1) && defined(__mips32)) || ((__mips_isa_rev > 2)  && defined(__mips64)))
- # define cpu_relax() asm volatile ("pause" ::: "memory");
- #elif BOOST_ARCH_PPC
- // http://code.metager.de/source/xref/gnu/glibc/sysdeps/powerpc/sys/platform/ppc.h
diff --git a/libs/boost/patches/020-regex.patch b/libs/boost/patches/020-regex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 606d2223a5..0000000000
--- a/libs/boost/patches/020-regex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/boost/regex/v5/mem_block_cache.hpp
-+++ b/boost/regex/v5/mem_block_cache.hpp
-@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ struct mem_block_node
- struct mem_block_cache
- {
-    // this member has to be statically initialsed:
--   mem_block_node* next;
--   unsigned cached_blocks;
-+   mem_block_node* next { nullptr };
-+   unsigned cached_blocks { 0 };
- #ifdef BOOST_HAS_THREADS
--   boost::static_mutex mut;
-+   std::mutex mut;
- #endif
- 
-    ~mem_block_cache()
-@@ -133,11 +133,7 @@ struct mem_block_cache
-    }
-    static mem_block_cache& instance()
-    {
--#ifdef BOOST_HAS_THREADS
--      static mem_block_cache block_cache = { 0, 0, BOOST_STATIC_MUTEX_INIT, };
--#else
--      static mem_block_cache block_cache = { 0, 0, };
--#endif
-+      static mem_block_cache block_cache;
-       return block_cache;
-    }
- };
diff --git a/libs/boost/patches/910-json-array-erase-relocate.patch b/libs/boost/patches/910-json-array-erase-relocate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3078d25c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/boost/patches/910-json-array-erase-relocate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- a/boost/json/impl/array.ipp
++++ b/boost/json/impl/array.ipp
+@@ -491,8 +491,11 @@ erase(
+     auto const p = &(*t_)[0] +
+         (pos - &(*t_)[0]);
+     destroy(p, p + 1);
+-    relocate(p, p + 1, 1);
+     --t_->size;
++    if(t_->size > 0)
++        relocate(p, p + 1,
++            t_->size - (p -
++                &(*t_)[0]));
+     return p;
+ }
+ 
+--- a/libs/json/test/array.cpp
++++ b/libs/json/test/array.cpp
+@@ -1270,6 +1270,21 @@ public:
+     }
+ 
+     void
++    testIssue692()
++    {
++	    array a;
++	    object obj;
++	    obj["test1"] = "hello";
++	    a.push_back(obj);
++	    a.push_back(obj);
++	    a.push_back(obj);
++	    a.push_back(obj);
++	    a.push_back(obj);
++	    while(a.size())
++		    a.erase(a.begin());
++    }
++
++    void
+     run()
+     {
+         testDestroy();
+@@ -1283,6 +1298,7 @@ public:
+         testExceptions();
+         testEquality();
+         testHash();
++        testIssue692();
+     }
+ };
+