diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1f85955f..3ed72171a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -176,3 +176,4 @@ mariadb-columnstore-regression-test/
 build/Testing/
 tests/*\[1\]_tests.cmake
 tests/*\[1\]_include.cmake
+.boost
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2fcc7954..ca8542fbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,12 +95,7 @@ SET (ENGINE_SRC_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 INCLUDE(columnstore_version)
 INCLUDE(misc)
-
-FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.53.0 COMPONENTS system filesystem thread regex date_time chrono atomic)
-IF (NOT Boost_FOUND)
-    MESSAGE_ONCE(CS_NO_BOOST "Required Boost libraries not found!")
-    return()
-ENDIF()
+INCLUDE(boost)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(BISON)
 IF (NOT BISON_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in
index 5df75c405..fa7c975fe 100644
--- a/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION @CMAKE_VERSION@)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
-  set(_toolset "gcc")
-elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
-  set(_toolset "clang")
-elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
-  set(_toolset "intel-linux")
-endif()
-
-set(_b2args link=shared;threading=multi;variant=release;toolset=${_toolset};--with-system;--with-filesystem;--with-thread;--with-regex;--with-date_time)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(boost
-  PREFIX build
-  URL https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0/boost_1_55_0.zip
-  URL_HASH SHA256=ae85620e810b87a03e1acf8bbf0d4ad87c0cf7040cf6a4e1d8958488ebe42e7e
-  DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS TRUE
-  UPDATE_COMMAND ""
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/bootstrap.sh 
-    --with-toolset=${_toolset}
-    --prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../boost
-	--with-libraries=system,filesystem,thread,regex,date_time
-  BUILD_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/b2 -q ${_b2args}
-  LOG_BUILD TRUE
-  BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
-  INSTALL_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/b2 -q install ${_b2args}
-  LOG_INSTALL TRUE
-)
-
-unset(_b2args)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION @CMAKE_VERSION@)
+project (BoostExternal)
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
+  set(_toolset "gcc")
+elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
+  set(_toolset "clang")
+elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
+  set(_toolset "intel-linux")
+endif()
+
+set(INSTALL_LOCATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-lib)
+
+set(_cxxargs "-fPIC -DBOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR -fvisibility=default")
+set(_b2args cxxflags=${_cxxargs};cflags=-fPIC;threading=multi; toolset=${_toolset} --without-python;--prefix=${INSTALL_LOCATION})
+
+ExternalProject_Add(boost
+  PREFIX build
+  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git
+  GIT_TAG           boost-1.78.0
+  DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS TRUE
+  UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/bootstrap.sh
+  BUILD_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/b2 -q ${_b2args}
+  LOG_BUILD TRUE
+  BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
+  INSTALL_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/b2 -q install ${_b2args}
+  LOG_INSTALL TRUE
+)
+
+unset(_b2args)
 unset(_toolset)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/boost.cmake b/cmake/boost.cmake
index ae129287d..25ca5c3fb 100644
--- a/cmake/boost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/boost.cmake
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost/CMakeLists.txt @ONLY)
+SET(BOOST_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost/boost-lib)
 
+message ("-- External: Configuring Boost")
 execute_process(
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} . 
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} .
     -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ if(${_exec_ret})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Error ${_exec_ret} configuring boost dependency.")
 endif()
 
+message ("-- External: Building Boost")
 execute_process(
 	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
 	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost
@@ -29,6 +32,13 @@ endif()
 
 unset(_exec_ret)
 
-set(BOOST_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/boost)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.55.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem thread regex date_time) 
+message("Boost installed localy at ${BOOST_ROOT}")
+
+
+SET(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.78.0 COMPONENTS system filesystem thread regex date_time chrono atomic)
+IF (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+    MESSAGE_ONCE(CS_NO_BOOST "Required Boost libraries not found!")
+    return()
+ENDIF()
diff --git a/storage-manager/CMakeLists.txt b/storage-manager/CMakeLists.txt
index cd71417b8..695d02d03 100755
--- a/storage-manager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage-manager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(storagemanager)
 
 include_directories(include ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include ${ENGINE_UTILS_COMMON_INCLUDE} ${S3API_DIR})
 
-set(storagemanager_SRCS 
+set(storagemanager_SRCS
     src/AppendTask.cpp
     src/ClientRequestProcessor.cpp
     src/ListDirectoryTask.cpp
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN $ORIGIN/../lib)
 add_library(storagemanager SHARED ${storagemanager_SRCS})
 add_dependencies(storagemanager marias3)
 target_compile_definitions(storagemanager PUBLIC BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS)
-target_link_libraries(storagemanager boost_chrono boost_system boost_thread boost_filesystem boost_regex pthread ${S3API_DEPS})
-set_property(TARGET storagemanager PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+target_link_libraries(storagemanager Boost::chrono Boost::system Boost::thread Boost::filesystem Boost::regex pthread ${S3API_DEPS})
+set_property(TARGET storagemanager PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
 add_executable(StorageManager src/main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(StorageManager storagemanager)
-set_property(TARGET StorageManager PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set_property(TARGET StorageManager PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
 set(TMPDIR ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 add_executable(unit_tests src/unit_tests.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(unit_tests PUBLIC BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS)
 target_link_libraries(unit_tests storagemanager)
-set_property(TARGET unit_tests PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set_property(TARGET unit_tests PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
 add_executable(testS3Connection src/testS3Connection.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(testS3Connection PUBLIC BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS)
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ add_custom_command(
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_data
 #        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
 #                ../bin/unit_tests      # what is putting our bins in ../bin?
-#                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} 
+#                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-# The includes and lib linkages required to link against cloudio ... 
+# The includes and lib linkages required to link against cloudio ...
 # pretty crazy.  When lib dependencies are eventually config'd right,
 # change this to only include and link against cloudio.
 include_directories(${ENGINE_SRC_DIR}/utils/cloudio ${ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES})
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ install(TARGETS StorageManager smcat smput smls smrm testS3Connection
     COMPONENT columnstore-engine
 )
 
-install(FILES storagemanager.cnf 
+install(FILES storagemanager.cnf
     DESTINATION ${ENGINE_SYSCONFDIR}/columnstore
     COMPONENT columnstore-engine
 )
 
-install(FILES storagemanager.cnf 
+install(FILES storagemanager.cnf
     RENAME storagemanager.cnf.example
     DESTINATION ${ENGINE_SYSCONFDIR}/columnstore
     COMPONENT columnstore-engine
diff --git a/tools/rebuildEM/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/rebuildEM/CMakeLists.txt
index 54bd14e6b..5d27c2f00 100644
--- a/tools/rebuildEM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/rebuildEM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ include_directories(${ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES})
 
 set(rebuildEM_SRCS main.cpp rebuildEM.cpp)
 add_executable(mcsRebuildEM ${rebuildEM_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(mcsRebuildEM ${ENGINE_LDFLAGS} ${ENGINE_WRITE_LIBS} ${MARIADB_CLIENT_LIBS} boost_filesystem boost_system)
+target_link_libraries(mcsRebuildEM ${ENGINE_LDFLAGS} ${ENGINE_WRITE_LIBS} ${MARIADB_CLIENT_LIBS} Boost::system Boost::filesystem)
 install(TARGETS mcsRebuildEM DESTINATION ${ENGINE_BINDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
diff --git a/utils/common/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 17d78d476..59e072ec1 100644
--- a/utils/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set(common_LIB_SRCS
 
 add_library(common SHARED ${common_LIB_SRCS})
 
-target_link_libraries(common boost_filesystem)
+target_link_libraries(common Boost::filesystem)
 
 add_dependencies(common loggingcpp)
 
diff --git a/utils/idbdatafile/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/idbdatafile/CMakeLists.txt
index c51cc60fb..a4b62074f 100644
--- a/utils/idbdatafile/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/idbdatafile/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(idbdatafile_LIB_SRCS
 
 add_library(idbdatafile SHARED ${idbdatafile_LIB_SRCS})
 
-target_link_libraries(idbdatafile ${NETSNMP_LIBRARIES} ${ENGINE_OAM_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(idbdatafile ${NETSNMP_LIBRARIES} ${ENGINE_OAM_LIBS} Boost::filesystem Boost::system)
 
 target_compile_definitions(idbdatafile PUBLIC BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS)
 
diff --git a/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp b/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
index c31932046..c1f6fff18 100644
--- a/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
+++ b/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ JoinPartition::JoinPartition(const JoinPartition& jp, bool splitMode)
  , nextSmallOffset(0)
  , nextLargeOffset(0)
 {
-  boost::posix_time::ptime t;
   ostringstream os;
 
   fileMode = true;
diff --git a/utils/threadpool/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/threadpool/CMakeLists.txt
index d20887ed6..519ba3b5c 100644
--- a/utils/threadpool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/threadpool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ set(threadpool_LIB_SRCS weightedthreadpool.cpp threadpool.cpp prioritythreadpool
 add_library(threadpool SHARED ${threadpool_LIB_SRCS})
 
 add_dependencies(threadpool loggingcpp)
+target_link_libraries(threadpool Boost::chrono)
 
 install(TARGETS threadpool DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)