diff --git a/.github/workflows/waf-build-v03.yml b/.github/workflows/waf-build-v03.yml
index 8c12603..2307c6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/waf-build-v03.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/waf-build-v03.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install dependencies for ndncxx
-      run: sudo apt-get install pkg-config libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install pkg-config libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev
+        wget https://github.com/actions/boost-versions/releases/download/1.72.0-20200608.4/boost-1.72.0-linux-18.04-gcc-x64.tar.gz
+        tar -zxvf boost-1.72.0-linux-18.04-gcc-x64.tar.gz
+        cd boost-1.72.0-linux-18.04-gcc-x64
+        ./bootstrap.sh
+        sudo ./b2 install
+        cd ..
     - name: prepare ndncxx
       run: |
         git clone https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx.git