diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.77.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.77.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..634523b244ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.77.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.77.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}.tar.bz2"
+      "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${version}/source/boost_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}.tar.bz2"
+    ];
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_77_0.html
+    sha256 = "sha256-/J+F/AMOIzFCkIJBr3qEbmBjCqc4jeml+vsfOiaECFQ=";
+  };
+})
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
index 3b79378605f2..aeb0878a0d11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ in {
   boost173 = makeBoost ./1.73.nix;
   boost174 = makeBoost ./1.74.nix;
   boost175 = makeBoost ./1.75.nix;
+  boost177 = makeBoost ./1.77.nix;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b9fa4192e72..01968bf421d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4595,9 +4595,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vorta = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/backup/vorta { };
 
-  vowpal-wabbit = callPackage ../applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  vowpal-wabbit = callPackage ../applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit { };
 
   utahfs = callPackage ../applications/networking/utahfs { };
 
@@ -14814,9 +14812,7 @@ with pkgs;
   uefi-firmware-parser = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/uefi-firmware-parser { };
 
   uhd3_5 = callPackage ../applications/radio/uhd/3.5.nix { };
-  uhd = callPackage ../applications/radio/uhd {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  uhd = callPackage ../applications/radio/uhd { };
 
   uisp = callPackage ../development/embedded/uisp { };
 
@@ -15129,12 +15125,13 @@ with pkgs;
     boost173
     boost174
     boost175
+    boost177
   ;
 
   boost15x = boost159;
   boost16x = boost169;
-  boost17x = boost175;
-  boost = boost16x;
+  boost17x = boost177;
+  boost = boost17x;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };
 
@@ -20718,14 +20715,10 @@ with pkgs;
     libtool = darwin.cctools;
   };
 
-  # Fails to compile with boost >= 1.72
-  rippled = callPackage ../servers/rippled {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  # Fails to compile with boost <= 1.72
+  rippled = callPackage ../servers/rippled { };
 
-  rippled-validator-keys-tool = callPackage ../servers/rippled/validator-keys-tool.nix {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  rippled-validator-keys-tool = callPackage ../servers/rippled/validator-keys-tool.nix { };
 
   roon-bridge = callPackage ../servers/roon-bridge { };
 
@@ -24147,7 +24140,6 @@ with pkgs;
     unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/radio/gnuradio {
       inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio;
       python = python3;
-      boost = boost17x;
     };
   };
   gnuradioPackages = lib.recurseIntoAttrs gnuradio.pkgs;
@@ -24177,7 +24169,6 @@ with pkgs;
     unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix {
       inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio;
       python = python3;
-      boost = boost17x;
     };
   };
   gnuradio3_8Packages = lib.recurseIntoAttrs gnuradio3_8.pkgs;
@@ -26814,9 +26805,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qmapshack = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/gis/qmapshack { };
 
-  qmediathekview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/qmediathekview {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  qmediathekview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/qmediathekview { };
 
   qmplay2 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/qmplay2 { };
 
@@ -28801,16 +28790,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   monero = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/monero {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreData IOKit PCSC;
-    boost = boost17x;
   };
 
-  oxen = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/oxen {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  oxen = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/oxen { };
 
-  monero-gui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/monero-gui {
-    boost = boost17x;
-  };
+  monero-gui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/monero-gui { };
 
   masari = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/masari { boost = boost165; };