diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 438ed2b..d20d8f4 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CONDARC
 mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
     pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
 mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup
+    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 0cbf292..ef46a5d 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "gdptools" %}
-{% set version = "0.2.3" %}
+{% set version = "0.2.4" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/gdptools-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 968eb4c51ce2b76bb7b87ee9e5d80d4ab56788af8496ff570cb5e3e75ccc2567
+  sha256: e376ea1188500bf139d14a9a91558b39d066dd7a8c6d1cbbccd9ec3ee9bc3834
 
 build:
   entry_points:
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ requirements:
   run:
     # - certifi <2023.7.22
     # - bump2version >=1.0.1,<2.0.0
-    - python >=3.8,<=3.11
-    # - dask-core <=2023.8.1
+    - dask-core <=2023.8.1
+    - python >=3.9,<=3.12
     - fastparquet >=0.4.0
     - pyarrow >=1.0.1
     - dask-geopandas >=0.2.0