diff --git a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
index e08703789..3b25ceadb 100644
--- a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pkgbase=boost
 pkgname=('boost-libs' 'boost')
 pkgver=1.71.0
 _boostver=${pkgver//./_}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc='Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries'
 url='https://www.boost.org/'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ build() {
 
    # because b2 in boost 1.62.0 doesn't seem to respect python parameter, we
    # need another run for liboost_python3.so
-   sed -e '/using python/ s@;@: /usr/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION/3*/${PYTHON_VERSION}m} ;@' \
-      -i bootstrap.sh
 
    ./bootstrap.sh \
      --with-toolset=gcc \
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ build() {
       runtime-link=shared \
       link=shared,static \
       toolset=gcc \
-      python=3.7 \
+      python=3.8 \
       cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -O3" \
       cxxflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} -std=c++14 -fPIC -O3" \
       linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
@@ -133,9 +131,9 @@ package_boost-libs() {
      libboost_locale.so libboost_log.so libboost_log_setup.so
      libboost_math_c99.so libboost_math_c99f.so libboost_math_c99l.so
      libboost_math_tr1.so libboost_math_tr1f.so libboost_math_tr1l.so
-     libboost_mpi.so libboost_numpy27.so libboost_numpy37.so
+     libboost_mpi.so libboost_numpy27.so libboost_numpy38.so
      libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so libboost_program_options.so
-     libboost_python27.so libboost_python37.so libboost_random.so
+     libboost_python27.so libboost_python38.so libboost_random.so
      libboost_regex.so libboost_serialization.so
      libboost_stacktrace_addr2line.so libboost_stacktrace_basic.so
      libboost_stacktrace_noop.so libboost_system.so libboost_thread.so
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ package_boost-libs() {
    # https://github.com/boostorg/python/issues/203#issuecomment-391477685
    for _lib in python numpy; do
      ln -srL "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libboost_${_lib}{27,}.so
-     ln -srL "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libboost_${_lib}3{7,}.so
+     ln -srL "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/libboost_${_lib}3{8,}.so
    done
 
    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/"${pkgbase}_${_boostver}/LICENSE_1_0.txt \