diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54-headers.nix
similarity index 65%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53-headers.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54-headers.nix
index 04bad16bd70b..c50833b12a36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.53-headers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.54-headers.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-headers-1.53.0";
+  name = "boost-headers-1.54.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_53_0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "15livg6y1l3gdsg6ybvp3y4gp0w3xh1rdcq5bjf0qaw804dh92pq";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "07df925k56pbz3gvhxpx54aij34qd40a7sxw4im11brnwdyr4zh4";
   };
 
   phases = [ "installPhase" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/include
-    tar xf $src -C $out/include --strip-components=1 boost_1_53_0/boost
+    tar xf $src -C $out/include --strip-components=1 boost_1_54_0/boost
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b3642e48cee..342e5736ccc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3703,8 +3703,8 @@ let
   boost154 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.54.nix { };
   boost = boost154;
 
-  boostHeaders153 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.53-headers.nix { };
-  boostHeaders = boostHeaders153;
+  boostHeaders154 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.54-headers.nix { };
+  boostHeaders = boostHeaders154;
 
   botan = callPackage ../development/libraries/botan { };