diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-abc.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-abc.nix
index 011e3cd7c87..219ab5d4f80 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-abc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-abc.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   name = "bitcoin" + (toString (optional (!withGui) "d")) + "-abc-" + version;
-  version = "0.16.0";
+  version = "0.16.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bitcoin-ABC";
     repo = "bitcoin-abc";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0wwcgvd8zgl5qh6z1sa3kdv1lr9cwwbs9j2gaad5mqr9sfwbbxdh";
+    sha256 = "0d5npn4p321jqsbqjxkbv0ncvs2hp9vdp30np6n8n53f896cxl92";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./fix-bitcoin-qt-build.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index a245d61df28..e7558539515 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ rec {
   bitcoin  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = true; };
   bitcoind = callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = false; };
 
-  bitcoin-abc  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { withGui = true; };
-  bitcoind-abc = callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { withGui = false; };
+  bitcoin-abc  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { boost = boost165; withGui = true; };
+  bitcoind-abc = callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { boost = boost165; withGui = false; };
 
   bitcoin-unlimited  = callPackage ./bitcoin-unlimited.nix { withGui = true; };
   bitcoind-unlimited = callPackage ./bitcoin-unlimited.nix { withGui = false; };