diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de0469c7c9..074b1bcd33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ endif()
 set(Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE ON)
 
 find_package(Boost 1.6.2 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS} OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${BOOST_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS})
+
+if(Boost_VERSION_STRING VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 1.77.0)
+    find_package(Boost 1.77.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS atomic)
+endif()
+
 if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_MYGUI)
     find_package(MyGUI 3.4.1 REQUIRED)
 endif()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ec86df232..20ea6f7452 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw
     ${OSG_LIBRARIES}
 
     ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
-    ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
     ${OPENAL_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.cpp
index 6afb3e4142..42771bc72c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace
 {
 
     template<typename T>
-    void create(const MWWorld::Store<T>& list, const std::string& name, boost::any& refValue, MWWorld::Ptr& ptrValue)
+    void create(const MWWorld::Store<T>& list, const std::string& name, std::any& refValue, MWWorld::Ptr& ptrValue)
     {
         const T* base = list.find(name);
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace
         MWWorld::LiveCellRef<T> ref(cellRef, base);
 
         refValue = ref;
-        ptrValue = MWWorld::Ptr(&boost::any_cast<MWWorld::LiveCellRef<T>&>(refValue), nullptr);
+        ptrValue = MWWorld::Ptr(&std::any_cast<MWWorld::LiveCellRef<T>&>(refValue), nullptr);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.hpp
index 84aa0751f2..593df9f24f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/manualref.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef GAME_MWWORLD_MANUALREF_H
 #define GAME_MWWORLD_MANUALREF_H
 
-#include <boost/any.hpp>
+#include <any>
 
 #include "ptr.hpp"
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
     /// \brief Manually constructed live cell ref
     class ManualRef
     {
-            boost::any mRef;
+            std::any mRef;
             Ptr mPtr;
 
             ManualRef (const ManualRef&);
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e7f1bbfa5..ad6bddee82 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -411,6 +411,10 @@ target_link_libraries(components
     yaml-cpp
     )
 
+if(Boost_VERSION_STRING VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 1.77.0)
+    target_link_libraries(components ${Boost_ATOMIC_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(components ${BULLET_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ab51196a8..ae19be8659 100644
--- a/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set(OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_SOURCE_FILES
 
 include_directories(${FFmpeg_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_library(${OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_LIBRARY} STATIC ${OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_SOURCE_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(${OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_LIBRARY} ${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(${OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_LIBRARY} ${FFmpeg_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(${OSG_FFMPEG_VIDEOPLAYER_LIBRARY} ${OSG_LIBRARIES})
 
 link_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})