diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hpx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hpx/default.nix
index 73d1eea988d..0474fd3bc48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hpx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hpx/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, cmake, hwloc, gperftools, pkg-config, python3 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, asio, boost, cmake, hwloc, gperftools, ninja
+, pkg-config, python3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hpx";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "STEllAR-GROUP";
     repo = "hpx";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-Fkntfk5AaWtS1x0fXfLSWW/9tvKcCBi1COqgNxurPmk=";
+    sha256 = "1knx7kr8iw4b7nh116ygd00y68y84jjb4fj58jkay7n5qlrxh604";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ boost hwloc gperftools ];
+  buildInputs = [ asio boost hwloc gperftools ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config python3 ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cbcb9aeee2c..c37fe1b9a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16675,7 +16675,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   hound = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/hound { };
 
-  hpx = callPackage ../development/libraries/hpx { };
+  hpx = callPackage ../development/libraries/hpx {
+    boost = boost17x;
+    asio = asio.override { boost = boost17x; };
+  };
 
   hspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell { };