diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 8fd6573..ad13479 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version='1.1.1')
 
     conf.check_boost(lib='filesystem', mt=True)
-    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 106501:
-        conf.fatal('The minimum supported version of Boost is 1.65.1.\n'
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 107100:
+        conf.fatal('The minimum supported version of Boost is 1.71.0.\n'
                    'Please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost.\n'
                    'For more information, see https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost')