diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index a50f62218..a5c7524b0 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ task prepareDoubleConversion(dependsOn: [downloadDoubleConversion], type: Copy)
 task downloadBoost(dependsOn: createNativeDepsDirectories, type: Download) {
     src 'https://github.com/react-native-community/boost-for-react-native/releases/download/v1.63.0-0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz'
     onlyIfNewer true
-    overwrite false
+    overwrite true
     dest new File(downloadsDir, 'boost_1_63_0.tar.gz')
 }
 
 task prepareBoost(dependsOn: [downloadBoost], type: Copy) {
     from tarTree(resources.gzip(downloadBoost.dest))
-    include 'boost_1_63_0/boost/**/*.hpp', 'boost/boost/**/*.hpp'
+    include 'boost_1_63_0/boost/**/*.hpp', 'boost_1_63_0/boost/**/*.h', 'boost/boost/**/*.hpp', 'boost/boost/**/*.h'
     includeEmptyDirs = false
     into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/boost"
     doLast {