diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index f29c53cc4..0e57e997d 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(mapnik-test)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 find_package(PostgreSQL REQUIRED)
 
 include(FetchContent)
diff --git a/utils/mapnik-index/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/mapnik-index/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a600a8b2..3ec41c401 100644
--- a/utils/mapnik-index/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/mapnik-index/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(mapnik-index)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 
 add_executable(mapnik-index
     mapnik-index.cpp
diff --git a/utils/mapnik-render/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/mapnik-render/CMakeLists.txt
index 08c689797..b98ac8630 100644
--- a/utils/mapnik-render/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/mapnik-render/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(mapnik-render)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 
 add_executable(mapnik-render mapnik-render.cpp)
 
diff --git a/utils/pgsql2sqlite/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/pgsql2sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ff6eb1f2..19883f4a9 100644
--- a/utils/pgsql2sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/pgsql2sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(pgsql2sqlite)
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
 find_package(PostgreSQL REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/utils/shapeindex/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/shapeindex/CMakeLists.txt
index 55621cdd5..4aae25bf1 100644
--- a/utils/shapeindex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/shapeindex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(shapeindex)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 
 add_executable(shapeindex 
     shapeindex.cpp
diff --git a/utils/svg2png/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/svg2png/CMakeLists.txt
index 55572f393..51a8baecd 100644
--- a/utils/svg2png/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/svg2png/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(svg2png)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options)
 
 add_executable(svg2png 
     svg2png.cpp