diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
index 20d9f550f..b4d27a17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build
           sudo cmake --install build
 
-      - name: Build qBittorrent (Qt6)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.qt_version, 6)
+      - name: Build qBittorrent
         run: |
           CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wno-gnu-zero-variadic-macro-arguments -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations" \
           LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -gz" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml
index 19bd0da25..826f85d06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
         qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
         qt_version: ["6.5.2"]
 
+    env:
+      boost_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../boost"
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -30,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install \
-            build-essential cmake ninja-build pkg-config \
-            libboost-dev libssl-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxcb-cursor-dev zlib1g-dev
+            build-essential cmake ninja-build \
+            libssl-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxcb-cursor-dev zlib1g-dev
 
       - name: Setup ccache
         uses: Chocobo1/setup-ccache-action@v1
@@ -40,6 +43,15 @@ jobs:
           ccache_options: |
             max_size=2G
 
+      - name: Install boost
+        run: |
+          curl \
+            -L \
+            -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.bz2" \
+            "https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.76.0/source/boost_1_76_0.tar.bz2"
+          tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.bz2" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."
+          mv "${{ github.workspace }}/.."/boost_* "${{ env.boost_path }}"
+
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
         with:
@@ -60,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
             -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
+            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
             -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF
           cmake --build build
           sudo cmake --install build
@@ -67,13 +80,12 @@ jobs:
       # to avoid scanning 3rdparty codebases, initialize it just before building qbt
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
-        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON') && startsWith(matrix.qt_version, 6)
+        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON')
         with:
           config-file: ./.github/workflows/helper/codeql/cpp.yaml
           languages: cpp
 
-      - name: Build qBittorrent (Qt6)
-        if: startsWith(matrix.qt_version, 6)
+      - name: Build qBittorrent
         run: |
           CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Werror" \
           LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -gz" \
@@ -82,6 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             -G "Ninja" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
             -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
+            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" \
             -DTESTING=ON \
             -DVERBOSE_CONFIGURE=ON \
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run CodeQL analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
-        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON') && startsWith(matrix.qt_version, 6)
+        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON')
         with:
           category: ${{ github.base_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8a233c02..659789580 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(qBittorrent
 )
 
 # version requirements - older versions may work, but you are on your own
-set(minBoostVersion 1.71)
+set(minBoostVersion 1.76)
 set(minQt6Version 6.5.0)
 set(minOpenSSLVersion 1.1.1)
 set(minLibtorrent1Version 1.2.19)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1b4f73e95..89caa8ef4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ qBittorrent - A BitTorrent client in C++ / Qt
 
 1) Install these dependencies:
 
-  - Boost >= 1.71
+  - Boost >= 1.76
 
   - libtorrent-rasterbar 1.2.19 - 1.2.x || 2.0.9 - 2.0.x
       * By Arvid Norberg, https://www.libtorrent.org/