diff --git a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
index fc14b9dfd9f..1f4b9ebe84f 100644
--- a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:QtBase>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:shp>:shp>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:SwmmInterface>:SwmmInterface>
+           Boost::dynamic_bitset
     PRIVATE MeshLib MeshToolsLib GitInfoLib
 )
 
diff --git a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 71664c7801a..de9b42964c1 100644
--- a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ ogs_add_library(BaseLib GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     BaseLib
-    PUBLIC Boost::headers
+    PUBLIC Boost::algorithm
+           Boost::property_tree
            spdlog
            tclap
            $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:WinMM> # needed for timeGetTime
diff --git a/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f33d7bdf7e..c870201ece9 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ogs_add_library(MaterialLib GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
     MaterialLib PUBLIC BaseLib Eigen3::Eigen MaterialLib_SolidModels
                        MaterialLib_FractureModels
-    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib ParameterLib exprtk Boost::headers
+    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib ParameterLib exprtk Boost::math
 )
 
 target_precompile_headers(
diff --git a/MaterialLib/FractureModels/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/FractureModels/CMakeLists.txt
index ac8fecf84c1..31a6103f501 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/FractureModels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/FractureModels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ append_source_files(SOURCES Permeability)
 ogs_add_library(MaterialLib_FractureModels GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
     MaterialLib_FractureModels PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE ParameterLib NumLib
+                                                      Boost::math
 )
diff --git a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
index d4e155ccb3c..c68895b48a1 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ get_source_files(SOURCES)
 
 ogs_add_library(MaterialLib_SolidModels ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
-    MaterialLib_SolidModels PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE ParameterLib
-                                                   NumLib
+    MaterialLib_SolidModels PUBLIC MathLib Boost::math PRIVATE ParameterLib
+                                                               NumLib
 )
 
 if(OGS_USE_MFRONT)
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ if(OGS_USE_MFRONT)
     )
 endif()
 
-target_precompile_headers(MaterialLib_SolidModels PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]
-    [["BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"]] [["BaseLib/Logging.h"]] <Eigen/Core>)
+target_precompile_headers(
+    MaterialLib_SolidModels PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]
+    [["BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"]] [["BaseLib/Logging.h"]] <Eigen/Core>
+)
diff --git a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c6ec6c4138..761a4536d23 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ ogs_add_library(MaterialLib_SolidModels_MFront ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     MaterialLib_SolidModels_MFront PUBLIC BaseLib NumLib MFrontGenericInterface
-                                          Boost::headers PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib
-                                                               ParameterLib
+    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib ParameterLib
 )
 target_include_directories(
     MaterialLib_SolidModels_MFront PUBLIC ThirdParty/MGIS/include
diff --git a/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt b/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
index d41f389d485..8adbf0c68b8 100644
--- a/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ ogs_add_library(NumLib GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER ${SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(NumLib PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 
 target_link_libraries(
-    NumLib PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MathLib MeshLib $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
-                  Boost::headers
+    NumLib PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MathLib MeshLib
+                  $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
 )
 
 target_precompile_headers(
diff --git a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 44a70eb8b16..0ba3ad42c8a 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,18 +18,19 @@ append_source_files(SOURCES Output)
 append_source_files(SOURCES Utils)
 append_source_files(SOURCES Reflection)
 append_source_files(SOURCES Graph)
-### For processes that contains both hydraulical process and mechanical process
+# For processes that contains both hydraulical process and mechanical process
 # Define a function to check if enabled_processes contains LIE, HydroMechanics,
 # ThermoHydroMechanics, RichardsMechanics, or ThermoRichardsMechanics
 function(check_enabled_processes contains_hm_process)
     set(${contains_hm_process} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
     foreach(process ${_enabled_processes})
         if(process STREQUAL "LIE"
-             OR process STREQUAL "HydroMechanics"
-             OR process STREQUAL "ThermoHydroMechanics"
-             OR process STREQUAL "RichardsMechanics"
-             OR process STREQUAL "TH2M"
-             OR process STREQUAL "ThermoRichardsMechanics")
+           OR process STREQUAL "HydroMechanics"
+           OR process STREQUAL "ThermoHydroMechanics"
+           OR process STREQUAL "RichardsMechanics"
+           OR process STREQUAL "TH2M"
+           OR process STREQUAL "ThermoRichardsMechanics"
+        )
             set(${contains_hm_process} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
             return()
         endif()
@@ -46,17 +47,15 @@ add_subdirectory(BoundaryConditionAndSourceTerm/Python)
 
 target_link_libraries(
     ProcessLib
-    PUBLIC
-        BaseLib
-        MaterialLib
-        MathLib
-        MeshGeoToolsLib
-        MeshLib
-        NumLib
-        Boost::headers
-        range-v3
-        $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
-        ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython
+    PUBLIC BaseLib
+           MaterialLib
+           MathLib
+           MeshGeoToolsLib
+           MeshLib
+           NumLib
+           range-v3
+           $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
+           ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython
     PRIVATE ParameterLib GitInfoLib $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:InSituLib>:InSituLib>
 )
 
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/LIE/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index cd14160f8cf..ebad69a017a 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/LIE/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 get_source_files(SOURCES)
 
 ogs_add_library(LIECommon ${SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(LIECommon PUBLIC MeshLib)
+target_link_libraries(LIECommon PUBLIC MeshLib PRIVATE Boost::math)
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 61d5503cddf..66b62c62662 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
         TestInfoLib
         VTK::FiltersGeneral
         VTK::FiltersSources
-        Boost::headers # TODO move OGSMFrontThermodynamicForcesView to MathLib?
+        Boost::math # TODO move OGSMFrontThermodynamicForcesView to MathLib?
         $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:LIE>:LIE>
         $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:TH2M>:TH2M>
         $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>,$<TARGET_EXISTS:MPI::MPI_CXX>>:MPI::MPI_CXX>
diff --git a/Tests/xdmfdiff/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/xdmfdiff/CMakeLists.txt
index 761902f13f4..857cbfe155b 100644
--- a/Tests/xdmfdiff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/xdmfdiff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ogs_add_executable(xdmfdiff xdmfdiff.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(xdmfdiff OgsXdmf GitInfoLib tclap)
+target_link_libraries(xdmfdiff OgsXdmf GitInfoLib tclap Boost::range)
 install(PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:xdmfdiff> DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 20df3a23449..cc54682e716 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -193,13 +193,22 @@ endif()
 if(GUIX_BUILD)
     find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 else()
+    # Boost libraries used by ogs, can be linked with Boost::[lib_name]
+    set(BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES
+        math
+        property_tree
+        algorithm
+        smart_ptr
+        tokenizer
+        assign
+        dynamic_bitset
+        range
+    )
     CPMFindPackage(
         NAME Boost
         VERSION ${ogs.minimum_version.boost}
         URL https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-${ogs.minimum_version.boost}/boost-${ogs.minimum_version.boost}.tar.xz
-        OPTIONS
-            "BOOST_ENABLE_CMAKE ON"
-            "BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES algorithm\\\;math\\\;multi_index\\\;property_tree\\\;smart_ptr"
+        OPTIONS "BOOST_ENABLE_CMAKE ON"
     )
 endif()
 
@@ -402,15 +411,16 @@ if((OGS_BUILD_TESTING OR OGS_BUILD_UTILS) AND NOT GUIX_BUILD)
             OgsXdmf SYSTEM PUBLIC ${xdmf_SOURCE_DIR} ${xdmf_BINARY_DIR}
         )
 
-        target_link_libraries(OgsXdmf Boost::headers)
+        target_link_libraries(OgsXdmf Boost::tokenizer)
         target_include_directories(
             OgsXdmfCore SYSTEM PUBLIC ${xdmf_SOURCE_DIR}/core
                                       ${xdmf_BINARY_DIR}/core
             PRIVATE ${xdmf_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/VersionSuite
         )
         target_link_libraries(
-            OgsXdmfCore PUBLIC Boost::headers LibXml2::LibXml2
-                               ${HDF5_LIBRARIES}
+            OgsXdmfCore PUBLIC LibXml2::LibXml2 ${HDF5_LIBRARIES} Boost::variant
+                               Boost::smart_ptr
+            PRIVATE Boost::tokenizer Boost::assign Boost::algorithm
         )
 
         set_target_properties(