diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3e61aa2..8b4ef2f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file was generated automatically from conda-smithy. To update this configuration,
 # update the conda-forge.yml and/or the recipe/meta.yaml.
-# -*- mode: yaml -*-
+# -*- mode: jinja-yaml -*-
 
 version: 2
 
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 595f8b5..71a4242 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ CONDARC
 
 
 mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3 "py-lief<0.12"
 mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3 "py-lief<0.12"
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index ae62317..16a78ee 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "gdptools" %}
-{% set version = "0.0.25.dev6" %}
+{% set version = "0.0.25.dev7" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/gdptools-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 98cb62b13ef81a2726941275ae45859474b4864dcc4d5d5928b546bec8835cfd
+  sha256: a4d1d141ac9cc0d7adac113ea57afbc6010e394e8b7026c18de01f3bfa8d9d1a
 
 build:
   entry_points:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python >=3.6,<3.10
     - pandas >=1.4.0
-    - numpy >=1.21.0,<2.0.0
+    - numpy >=1.21.0
     - geopandas >=0.11.0
     - shapely >=1.8.1
     - pygeos >=0.12.0
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ requirements:
     - pydantic >=1.9.0
     - xarray >=2022.6.0
     - netcdf4 <=1.6.1
-    - scipy >=1.9.1,<2.0.0
+    - scipy >=1.9.0
     - pydap >=3.2.2,<4.0.0
-    - zarr >=2.13.1,<3.0.0
+    - zarr >=2.12.0
     - rasterio >=1.2.9
-    - bottleneck >=1.3.5,<2.0.0
+    - bottleneck >=1.3.3
     - dask >=2022.0.0
     # xarray[io]
     - h5netcdf