diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 7a84a01d9..8b56cc782 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ set(BOOST_COMPONENTS "filesystem;unit_test_framework;program_options;system")
 if (WIN32)
 	# Boost 1.77 fixes a bug that causes crashes on Windows for some relative paths in --allow-paths.
 	# See https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/issues/201
-	find_package(Boost 1.77.0 QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+	# Boost 1.78 requires upgrading to MSVC2022, and causes issues with boost::filesystem calls.
+	find_package(Boost 1.77.0 EXACT QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 else()
-	# Boost 1.65 is the first to also provide boost::get for rvalue-references (#5787).
-	find_package(Boost 1.65.0 QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+
+	find_package(Boost 1.74.0 QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 endif()
 
 # If cmake is older than boost and boost is older than 1.70,
diff --git a/libsolutil/Common.h b/libsolutil/Common.h
index 5c7814613..eea9dacd5 100644
--- a/libsolutil/Common.h
+++ b/libsolutil/Common.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 #include <libsolutil/vector_ref.h>
 
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
-#if (BOOST_VERSION < 106500)
-#error "Unsupported Boost version. At least 1.65 required."
-#endif
 
 #include <map>
 #include <utility>
diff --git a/libsolutil/Numeric.h b/libsolutil/Numeric.h
index c0f33e490..be9f0bea2 100644
--- a/libsolutil/Numeric.h
+++ b/libsolutil/Numeric.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #include <libsolutil/CommonData.h>
 
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
-#if (BOOST_VERSION < 106500)
-#error "Unsupported Boost version. At least 1.65 required."
-#endif
 
 // TODO: do this only conditionally as soon as a boost version with gcc 12 support is released.
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && (__GNUC__ >= 12)