diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 122da0c..dec1a0f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ FetchContent_Declare(eigen
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(eigen)
 
 # boost dependency
+
 FetchContent_Declare(Boost
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/boostorg/boost
-   GIT_TAG boost-1.82.0)
+   GIT_TAG boost-1.84.0)
+set(BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES property_tree)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Boost)
-
 # Add qtrocket subdirectories. These are components that will be linked in 
 
 
diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index b3a1765..251b567 100644
--- a/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ add_library(utils
         math/UtilityMathFunctions.h)
 
 
-target_include_directories(utils PRIVATE
-    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+#target_include_directories(utils PRIVATE
+#    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
 
 target_link_libraries(utils PUBLIC
    libcurl
+   Boost::property_tree
    jsoncpp_static
    eigen)