diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/check-commit.yml
index f9b21f36..2e6b99e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-commit.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
           brew install --quiet automake berkeley-db@4 miniupnpc qt@5 gperf qrencode librsvg && curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vergecurrency/protobuf261/master/protobuf261.rb > protobuf261.rb && brew install protobuf261.rb
 
       - name: Brew install boost from our homebrew deps
-        run: curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vergecurrency/verge/refs/heads/master/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost176.rb > boost176.rb && brew install boost176.rb 
+        run: curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vergecurrency/verge/refs/heads/master/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost179.rb > boost179.rb && brew install boost179.rb 
       
       - name: Brew link dependencies
-        run: brew link qt@5 berkeley-db@4 boost176
+        run: brew link qt@5 berkeley-db@4 boost179
         
       - name: which clang/xcode
         run: clang --version
diff --git a/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost176.rb b/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost179.rb
similarity index 71%
rename from depends/homebrew-formulas/boost176.rb
rename to depends/homebrew-formulas/boost179.rb
index 66aba680..98824f91 100644
--- a/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost176.rb
+++ b/depends/homebrew-formulas/boost179.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-class Boost176 < Formula
+class Boost179 < Formula
   desc "Collection of portable C++ source libraries"
   homepage "https://www.boost.org/"
-  url "https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.76.0/source/boost_1_76_0.tar.bz2"
-  sha256 "79e6d3f986444e5a80afbeccdaf2d1c1cf964baa8d766d20859d653a16c39848"
+  url "https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.79.0/source/boost_1_79_0.tar.bz2"
+  sha256 "475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39"
   license "BSL-1.0"
-  revision 6
+  head "https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git", branch: "master"
 
   keg_only :versioned_formula
 
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ class Boost176 < Formula
   uses_from_macos "bzip2"
   uses_from_macos "zlib"
 
-  # Backport fixes for newer Clang
-  patch :p2 do
-    url "https://github.com/boostorg/numeric_conversion/commit/50a1eae942effb0a9b90724323ef8f2a67e7984a.patch?full_index=1"
-    sha256 "d96761257f7efc2edc8414f1a2522fc07a3d7d56bb55a51d14af9abd39e389c8"
-  end
-  patch :p2 do
-    url "https://github.com/boostorg/mpl/commit/b37b709cbdb6b2c285fb808dab985aa005786351.patch?full_index=1"
-    sha256 "b8013ad3e6b63698158319f5efc2fe1558a00c1d2e32193086f741e774acc3e4"
-  end
-
   def install
     # Force boost to compile with the desired compiler
     open("user-config.jam", "a") do |file|
@@ -34,7 +24,7 @@ def install
     end
 
     # libdir should be set by --prefix but isn't
-    icu4c_prefix = Formula["icu4c@74"].opt_prefix
+    icu4c_prefix = Formula["icu4c"].opt_prefix
     bootstrap_args = %W[
       --prefix=#{prefix}
       --libdir=#{lib}
@@ -76,7 +66,7 @@ def install
   end
 
   test do
-    (testpath/"test.cpp").write <<~CPP
+    (testpath/"test.cpp").write <<~EOS
       #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
       #include <string>
       #include <vector>
@@ -94,8 +84,8 @@ def install
         assert(strVec[1]=="b");
         return 0;
       }
-    CPP
-    system ENV.cxx, "-I#{Formula["boost@1.76"].opt_include}", "test.cpp", "-std=c++14", "-o", "test"
+    EOS
+    system ENV.cxx, "test.cpp", "-std=c++14", "-o", "test"
     system "./test"
   end
-end
+end
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