diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1813d8a..e7b1150 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Release notes
 
+## Version 2026.1.1,  - 2026-01-xx
+
+### Changed
+- changed boost version to 1.88, switch to c++-14
+
 ## Version 2024.2.1,  - 2024-09-09
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ea8f5c7..6e56617 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ else:
 
     # Specify minimum C++ standard.  Allow later standard from sconscript.local.
     # In case of multiple `-std` options the last option holds.
-    env.PrependUnique(CXXFLAGS='-std=c++11', delete_existing=1)
+    env.PrependUnique(CXXFLAGS='-std=c++14', delete_existing=1)
 
 # for k, v in env.Dictionary().items():
 #     print(k, v)
diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index d0730b4..211f8cc 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 boost:
-  - 1.78
+  - 1.88
 
 # only for local build ? see https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/4064#issuecomment-702983257
 #CONDA_BUILD_SYSROOT:
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 58b1ccf..4bdb75d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requirements:
     - scons
     - python
   host:
-    - boost {{ boost }}
+    - libboost-headers {{ boost }}
 
 
 test: