diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index acba0b81b..8b7a5d977 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ boost = dependency(
     'url',
   ],
   include_type : 'system',
-  version : '>=1.82.0',
+  version : '>=1.87.0',
 )
 # boost is a public dependency, but not a pkg-config dependency unfortunately, so we
 # put in `deps_other`.