diff --git a/modules/doc/install.rst b/modules/doc/install.rst
index 526bb1fda63839c4a59af89b8c1444044bbfd498..76f6c465f02c47e1167e922a23a275f8a96a1354 100644
--- a/modules/doc/install.rst
+++ b/modules/doc/install.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenStructure uses a bunch of OpenSource libraries. If you haven't already insta
 
  * `CMake <http://cmake.org>`_ (2.6.4)
  * `Eigen3 <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org>`_ (3.2.0)
- * `Boost <http://boost.org>`_ (1.47)
+ * `Boost <http://boost.org>`_ (1.53)
  * `libpng <http://www.libpng.org>`_ 
  * `Python <http://python.org>`_ (2.7)
  * `Qt <http://qt-project.org/>`_ (4.5)
diff --git a/modules/doc/newmodule.rst b/modules/doc/newmodule.rst
index 03822cb7e4cfe57e7df4e7946d5961d8d1ed80e1..8c4864cb4e0145f4ce8916f1384e7a92bf13f391 100644
--- a/modules/doc/newmodule.rst
+++ b/modules/doc/newmodule.rst
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The Testing Framework
 The `tests` directory contains code for unit tests. The code is compiled and 
 executed when one invokes compilation using the 'make check' command.  Tests are 
 run by means of the `Boost Unitests Library 
-<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html>`_. Before coding the test routines, the required skeleton needs to be put in place.
+<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html>`_. Before coding the test routines, the required skeleton needs to be put in place.
 
 The main code is put into 'tests.cc', which will become the test executable. There are only 3 lines required
     
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ The Python Wrapper
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Finally, the module API is exported to Python using the `Boost Python 
-Library <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/python/doc/index.html>`_.
+Library <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/python/doc/index.html>`_.
 In `mod/pymod`, the wrapper code for the classes in the new module is put into a 
 file named `wrap\_mod.cc`: