diff --git a/Dockerfile.ngencoastal b/Dockerfile.ngencoastal
index d1b44e9..0fcdcc6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ngencoastal
+++ b/Dockerfile.ngencoastal
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ENV LANG="C.UTF-8" \
     HDF5_VERSION="1.10.11" \
     NETCDF_C_VERSION="4.7.4" \
     NETCDF_FORTRAN_VERSION="4.5.4" \
-    BOOST_VERSION="1.83.0"
+    BOOST_VERSION="1.86.0"
 
 # Add conda repo
 #RUN <<EOF cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/conda.repo
@@ -103,13 +103,15 @@ RUN curl --location --output ./miniforge.sh ${MINICONDA_INSTALLER_URL} && \
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/cmake,id=cmake-boost \
     set -eux && \
-    curl --location --output boost.tar.gz https://archives.boost.io/release/${BOOST_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/source/boost_${BOOST_VERSION//./_}.tar.gz && \
+    curl --location --output boost.tar.gz \
+      "https://archives.boost.io/release/${BOOST_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/source/boost_${BOOST_VERSION//./_}.tar.gz" && \
     mkdir --parents /opt/boost && \
     tar --extract --directory /opt/boost --strip-components=1 --file boost.tar.gz && \
-    rm boost.tar.gz \
-    # build boost libraries
-    && cd /opt/boost && ./bootstrap.sh && ./b2 && ./b2 install --prefix=/usr/local \
-    && rm -rf /opt/boost
+    rm boost.tar.gz && \
+    cd /opt/boost && \
+      ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local && \
+      ./b2 -j"$(nproc)" install && \
+    rm -rf /opt/boost
 
 # Build Python from source and install it
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/build-python,id=build-python \