diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 595f8b5..438ed2b 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ pkgs_dirs:
 
 CONDARC
 
-
-mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
-mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+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
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
diff --git a/.scripts/logging_utils.sh b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
index 57bc95c..aff009f 100644
--- a/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
+++ b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function startgroup {
             echo "##[group]$1";;
         travis )
             echo "$1"
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::group::$1";;
         * )
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function endgroup {
         azure )
             echo "##[endgroup]";;
         travis )
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::endgroup::";;
     esac
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 0697015..0cbf292 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "gdptools" %}
-{% set version = "0.2.2" %}
+{% set version = "0.2.3" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/gdptools-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 8f49e51cf9525a0eb2a448ec9d834c3b282b82cf427a842e5919b3561d0d95b3
+  sha256: 968eb4c51ce2b76bb7b87ee9e5d80d4ab56788af8496ff570cb5e3e75ccc2567
 
 build:
   entry_points:
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.8,<=3.11
+    - python >=3.9,<=3.12
     - pip
     - poetry-core >=1.0.0
   run:
-    - certifi <2023.7.22
-    - bump2version >=1.0.1,<2.0.0
+    # - certifi <2023.7.22
+    # - bump2version >=1.0.1,<2.0.0
     - python >=3.8,<=3.11
-    - dask-core >=2022.0.0
+    # - dask-core <=2023.8.1
     - fastparquet >=0.4.0
     - pyarrow >=1.0.1
     - dask-geopandas >=0.2.0
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ requirements:
     - numpy >=1.21
     - geopandas >=0.13.0
     - shapely >=2.0
-    - pygeos >=0.14.0,<0.15.0
+    # - pygeos >=0.14.0,<0.15.0
     - pyproj >=3.3.0
     - metpy >=1.2.0
-    - attrs >=20.3,<22
-    - pydantic <=1.10.9
+    # - attrs >=20.3,<22
+    - pydantic >=1.10.5,<2.0.0
     - xarray >=2022.6.0
     - netcdf4 >=1.5.8
-    - scipy >=1.9.0
+    - scipy >=1.10.0,<2.0.0
     - pydap >=3.2.2,<4.0.0
     - zarr >=2.12.0
     - rasterio >=1.2.9
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ requirements:
     - fsspec
     - cftime
     - cfgrib
-    - pooch
+    # - pooch
     # xarray[accel]
-    - flox
+    # - flox
 
 test:
   imports: