diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index b43a40a7d9..3165b07032 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
 
           - name: clang-18-release
             continue-on-error: false
-            node: 18
+            node: 20
             runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
             BUILD_TOOLS: ON
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
@@ -430,30 +430,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Give tar root ownership 
       if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.ENABLE_CONAN != 'ON'
       run: sudo chown root /bin/tar && sudo chmod u+s /bin/tar
-    - name: Cache Boost
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.ENABLE_CONAN != 'ON'
-      id: cache-boost
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: |
-          /usr/local/include/boost
-          /usr/local/lib/libboost*
-        key: v1-boost-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          v1-boost-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.runs-on }}
 
-    - name: Install Boost
-      if: steps.cache-boost.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.ENABLE_CONAN != 'ON'
-      run: |
-        BOOST_VERSION="1.85.0"
-        BOOST_VERSION_FLAVOR="${BOOST_VERSION}-b2-nodocs"
-        wget -q https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-${BOOST_VERSION}/boost-${BOOST_VERSION_FLAVOR}.tar.gz
-        tar xzf boost-${BOOST_VERSION_FLAVOR}.tar.gz
-        cd boost-${BOOST_VERSION}
-        sudo ./bootstrap.sh
-        sudo ./b2 install
-        cd ..
-        sudo rm -rf boost-${BOOST_VERSION}*
+    - name: Install boost
+      uses: MarkusJx/install-boost@v2
+      id: install-boost
+      with:
+        boost_version: 1.85.0
     
     - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: |
@@ -557,6 +539,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${OSRM_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
         popd
+      env:
+        Boost_ROOT: ${{ steps.install-boost.outputs.BOOST_ROOT }}
     - name: Build example
       if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY != 'ON' }}
       run: |
@@ -657,130 +641,9 @@ jobs:
         ccache -p
         ccache -s
 
-  benchmarks:
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    needs: [format-taginfo-docs]
-    runs-on: self-hosted
-    env:
-      CCOMPILER: clang-16
-      CXXCOMPILER: clang++-16
-      CC: clang-16
-      CXX: clang++-16
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-      GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-      RUN_BIG_BENCHMARK: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Performance') }}
-    steps: 
-      - name: Checkout PR Branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          path: pr
-      - name: Activate virtualenv
-        run: |
-          python3 -m venv .venv
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          pip install "conan<2.0.0" "requests==2.31.0" "numpy==1.26.4" 
-      - name: Prepare data
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUN_BIG_BENCHMARK" = "true" ]; then
-              rm -rf ~/data.osm.pbf
-              wget http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/poland-latest.osm.pbf -O ~/data.osm.pbf --quiet
-              gunzip -c ./pr/test/data/poland_gps_traces.csv.gz > ~/gps_traces.csv
-          else
-              if [ ! -f "~/data.osm.pbf" ]; then
-                wget http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany/berlin-latest.osm.pbf -O ~/data.osm.pbf
-              else
-                echo "Using cached data.osm.pbf"
-              fi
-              gunzip -c ./pr/test/data/berlin_gps_traces.csv.gz > ~/gps_traces.csv
-          fi
-      - name: Prepare environment
-        run: |
-          echo "CCACHE_DIR=$HOME/.ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.ccache
-          ccache --zero-stats
-          ccache --max-size=256M
-      - name: Checkout Base Branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          path: base
-      - name: Build Base Branch
-        run: |
-          cd base
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          cd ..
-          mkdir base/build
-          cd base/build
-          cmake -DENABLE_CONAN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS=ON ..
-          make -j$(nproc)
-          make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
-          cd ..
-          make -C test/data 
-      - name: Build PR Branch
-        run: |
-          cd pr
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          cd ..
-          mkdir -p pr/build
-          cd pr/build
-          cmake -DENABLE_CONAN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS=ON ..
-          make -j$(nproc) 
-          make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
-          cd ..
-          make -C test/data 
-      # we run benchmarks in tmpfs to avoid impact of disk IO
-      - name: Create folder for tmpfs 
-        run: |
-          # if by any chance it was mounted before(e.g. due to previous job failed), unmount it
-          sudo umount ~/benchmarks | true
-          rm -rf ~/benchmarks 
-          mkdir -p ~/benchmarks
-      # see https://llvm.org/docs/Benchmarking.html
-      - name: Run PR Benchmarks 
-        run: |
-          sudo cset shield -c 2-3 -k on
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none ~/benchmarks
-          cp -rf pr/build ~/benchmarks/build
-          cp -rf pr/lib ~/benchmarks/lib
-          mkdir -p ~/benchmarks/test
-          cp -rf pr/test/data ~/benchmarks/test/data
-          cp -rf pr/profiles ~/benchmarks/profiles
-
-          sudo cset shield --exec -- ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f ~/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/pr_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b ~/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
-          sudo umount ~/benchmarks
-          sudo cset shield --reset
-      - name: Run Base Benchmarks
-        run: |
-          sudo cset shield -c 2-3 -k on
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none ~/benchmarks
-          cp -rf base/build ~/benchmarks/build
-          cp -rf base/lib ~/benchmarks/lib
-          mkdir -p ~/benchmarks/test
-          cp -rf base/test/data ~/benchmarks/test/data
-          cp -rf base/profiles ~/benchmarks/profiles
-
-          # TODO: remove it when base branch will have this file at needed location
-          if [ ! -f ~/benchmarks/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json ]; then
-            cp base/src/benchmarks/portugal_to_korea.json ~/benchmarks/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json
-          fi
-          # we intentionally use scripts from PR branch to be able to update them and see results in the same PR
-          sudo cset shield --exec -- cset shield --exec -- ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f ~/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/base_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b ~/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
-          sudo umount ~/benchmarks
-          sudo cset shield --reset
-      - name: Post Benchmark Results
-        run: |
-          python3 pr/scripts/ci/post_benchmark_results.py base_results pr_results
-      - name: Show CCache statistics
-        run: |
-          ccache -p
-          ccache -s
-
   ci-complete:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [build-test-publish, docker-image-matrix, windows-release-node, benchmarks]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-test-publish, docker-image-matrix, windows-release-node]
     steps:
     - run: echo "CI complete"
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8388b7db4..7cf65c8013 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CONAN)
   # expat and bzip2 are used from conan rather than the system
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/libosmium/include)
 else()
-  find_package(Boost 1.70 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+  find_package(Boost REQUIRED CONFIG COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
   add_dependency_includes(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
   find_package(TBB REQUIRED)