diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2073f009801..d21aa51ebf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ in
 
   libceph = ceph.lib;
   inherit (callPackages ../tools/filesystems/ceph {
-    boost = boost167.override { enablePython = true; python = python37; };
+    boost = boost16x.override { enablePython = true; python = python38; };
   })
     ceph
     ceph-client;