diff --git a/recipes/multiqc/meta.yaml b/recipes/multiqc/meta.yaml
index 1dea0f11dda30..b861044da4bb0 100644
--- a/recipes/multiqc/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/multiqc/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "multiqc" %}
-{% set version = "1.25.1" %}
+{% set version = "1.25.2" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/MultiQC/MultiQC/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 829a08f44e0183224ef1d8c0ecb163c6acc54f1a1d85445ed62857f5603ee7cb
+  sha256: 27b721d09141aef7a8422a2d6882232e7984cdf181e084bd24c848338d5bfe8c
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python >=3.8
     - pip
+    - setuptools
   run:
     - python >=3.8
     - click
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ requirements:
     - importlib-metadata
     - markdown
     - plotly >=5.18
-    - python-kaleido
+    - python-kaleido ==0.2.1
     - pillow >=10.2.0
+    - natsort
     - numpy
     - packaging
     - pydantic >=2.7.1