diff --git a/main/boost/APKBUILD b/main/boost/APKBUILD
index a8bb926bf00..b3c66e8ea9d 100644
--- a/main/boost/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/boost/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=boost
-pkgver=1.48.0
+pkgver=1.49.0
 
 _x=${pkgver%%.*}	# strip .y.z
 _y=${pkgver%.*}		# strip .z
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ wave() { _mvlib wave; }
 wserialization() { _mvlib wserialization; }
 
 
-md5sums="313a11e97eb56eb7efd18325354631be  boost_1_48_0.tar.gz"
+md5sums="e0defc8c818e4f1c5bbb29d0292b76ca  boost_1_49_0.tar.gz"