diff --git a/ports/boost/CONTROL b/ports/boost/CONTROL
index 964665b961..2a45ca1d8e 100644
--- a/ports/boost/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/boost/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: boost
-Version: 1.64-5
+Version: 1.65
 Description: Peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
 Build-Depends: zlib, bzip2
diff --git a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
index 8db5442371..9f03904685 100644
--- a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
-set(VERSION 1_64)
+set(VERSION 1_65)
+set(VERSION2 1.65.0)
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/boost_${VERSION}_0)
 
 ######################
 # Acquire and arrange sources
 ######################
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE_FILE
-    URLS "https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.64.0/boost_${VERSION}_0.tar.bz2"
-    FILENAME "boost_${VERSION}_0.tar.bz2"
-    SHA512 68477f148f61be617552ef48559c5c2cb90d42264cabd6d5e87215d0d5024b48fca27c4afcfc1f77e490c6220d44fb1abdf0a53703867a2e4132c2857f69fedf
+    URLS "https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/${VERSION2}/boost_${VERSION}_0.7z" "http://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${VERSION2}/source/boost_${VERSION}_0.7z"
+    FILENAME "boost_${VERSION}_0.7z"
+    SHA512 41909136371b3aac53fc06ae92404bd52adde4cbda9337886433d197059105208b67331abf6ca8dc45e4d28679733b5c01fc701cba17516c7134c97785cc5f7e
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE_FILE})
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY
 if(NOT EXISTS ${SOURCE_PATH}/b2.exe)
     message(STATUS "Bootstrapping")
     vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-        COMMAND "${SOURCE_PATH}/bootstrap.bat"
+        COMMAND "${SOURCE_PATH}/bootstrap.bat" msvc
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}
         LOGNAME bootstrap
     )