diff --git a/Aliases/boost@1.71 b/Aliases/boost@1.72
similarity index 100%
rename from Aliases/boost@1.71
rename to Aliases/boost@1.72
diff --git a/Formula/boost.rb b/Formula/boost.rb
index 32eb72f578..5cb2d8e910 100644
--- a/Formula/boost.rb
+++ b/Formula/boost.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class Boost < Formula
   desc "Collection of portable C++ source libraries"
   homepage "https://www.boost.org/"
-  url "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.71.0/source/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2"
-  sha256 "d73a8da01e8bf8c7eda40b4c84915071a8c8a0df4a6734537ddde4a8580524ee"
+  url "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.72.0/source/boost_1_72_0.tar.bz2"
+  sha256 "59c9b274bc451cf91a9ba1dd2c7fdcaf5d60b1b3aa83f2c9fa143417cc660722"
   head "https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git"
 
   bottle do