diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d67d3e..2a4ae8a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ repair-wheel-command = "auditwheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel} && ./scripts/fix
 build-verbosity = 2
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.environment]
-BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = "/usr/lib64/boost169"
-BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = "/usr/include/boost169"
+BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = "/usr/lib64/boost1.78"
+BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = "/usr/include/boost1.78"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 environment-pass = [
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ before-all = [
     "yum install -y epel-release yum-utils",
     "yum-config-manager --enable epel",
     "yum makecache --refresh",
-    "yum install -y lapack-devel boost169-devel blas-devel hdf5-devel zip unzip ccache wget",
+    "yum install -y lapack-devel boost1.78-devel blas-devel hdf5-devel zip unzip ccache wget",
     "wget --progress=dot:mega https://github.com/mozilla/sccache/releases/download/v0.8.1/sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz",
     "tar xzvf sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz",
     "cp sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/sccache /usr/bin/",
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ BUILD_SHARED_LIBS = "OFF"
 CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE = "ON"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--ignore=dakota/"   
+addopts = "--ignore=dakota/"
diff --git a/src_patches/find_python.patch b/src_patches/find_python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414eae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src_patches/find_python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/DakotaFindPython.cmake b/cmake/DakotaFindPython.cmake
+index 9ffa1ca..8edd853 100644
+--- a/cmake/DakotaFindPython.cmake
++++ b/cmake/DakotaFindPython.cmake
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ macro(dakota_find_python)
+     if(DAKOTA_PYTHON_DIRECT_INTERFACE OR DAKOTA_PYTHON_SURROGATES OR
+ 	DAKOTA_PYTHON_WRAPPER OR DAKOTA_PYBIND11)
+       message(STATUS "Dakota enabling Python (Development) for direct or surrogate interface")
+-      list(APPEND dakota_python_components Development)
++      list(APPEND dakota_python_components Development.module)
+       
+       if (DAKOTA_PYTHON_DIRECT_INTERFACE_LEGACY)
+         if (DAKOTA_PYTHON_DIRECT_INTERFACE)
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ macro(dakota_find_python)
+ 
+     endif()
+ 
+-    find_package(Python REQUIRED ${dakota_python_components})
++    # find_package(Python REQUIRED ${dakota_python_components})
+ 
+     if (DAKOTA_PYTHON_DIRECT_INTERFACE_NUMPY)
+ 	message(STATUS "NumPy version ${Python_NumPy_VERSION} found at ${Python_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS}")