diff --git a/recipes/grid/build.sh b/recipes/grid/build.sh
index 22d1e0eea23c6..be86c349b3d4d 100644
--- a/recipes/grid/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/grid/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
-cp grid GRiD*.R README.md update_database bowtie.txt check_R_libraries.R $outdir
+cp grid GRiD*.R README.md update_database check_R_libraries.R $outdir
 cp -R blast_database $outdir
 chmod +x $outdir/grid $outdir/update_database
 ln -s $outdir/grid $PREFIX/bin/grid
diff --git a/recipes/grid/meta.yaml b/recipes/grid/meta.yaml
index 8989bbc07e6d8..805c47be3cab4 100644
--- a/recipes/grid/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/grid/meta.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 package:
   name: grid
-  version: "1.0.6"
+  version: "1.1"
 
 source:
-  url: https://github.com/ohlab/GRiD/archive/1.0.6.tar.gz
-  sha256: 8a4f55124375b797189551ccebb4d28fa01d2d51316ce372ba9c3beab94736ae
+  url: https://github.com/ohlab/GRiD/archive/1.1.tar.gz
+  sha256: 069ce4453dbb59fa69dd6e887964b5fa61cdf3fe75b18b298c3c8f08eebf82a2
 
 build:
   noarch: generic
 
 requirements:
   run:
+    - parallel
     - pathoscope
     - r-dplyr
     - r-ggplot2
     - r-gplots
     - r-getopt
     - r-gsubfn
-    - samtools=0.1.19
+    - samtools
     - bamtools
     - bowtie2
     - seqtk