diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c005c5f..b258888 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 zip_safe = false
 include_package_data = true
-python_requires = >=3.7,<3.9
+python_requires = >=3.7,<3.10
 test_suite = tests
 install_requires =
 # deprecated/redundant with pyproject.toml, but lets keep both ways around for now
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb9889c..548875c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class BuildExtCommand(build_ext):
         libs = [
             'pEpEngine',
             'pEpAdapter',
-            'boost_python38-mt',
+            'boost_python3-mt',
             'boost_locale-mt'
         ]
         compile_flags = ['-std=c++14', '-fpermissive']