diff --git a/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml b/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
index 22945e3f2545b..93140cf733a8d 100644
--- a/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package:
   name: hicexplorer
-  version: '2.1.4'
+  version: '2.2beta'
 
 source:
-  url: https://github.com/deeptools/HiCExplorer/archive/2.1.4.tar.gz
-  sha256: 83dec8e0388cb185a51fa6cfb055be084be0f8a2912bba18f5bc159d19831698
+  url: https://github.com/deeptools/HiCExplorer/archive/2.2-beta.tar.gz
+  sha256: fbdcb0697323489999cfaad609721afa4c89401f0917fd51a1c2bf8cbacfb817
 
 build:
-  number: 3
+  number: 0
+  skip: True #[py35]
 
 requirements:
   host:
     - python
     - setuptools
-    - numpy
+    - numpy >=1.15
     - scipy
-    - matplotlib 2.1.*
+    - matplotlib >=2.2.*
     - pysam
     - intervaltree
     - biopython
@@ -24,15 +25,17 @@ requirements:
     - pandas
     - jinja2
     - configparser  # [not py>34]
-    - cooler <=0.7.6
+    - cooler >=0.7.11
     - six
     - future
     - unidecode
+    - hicmatrix
+    - pygenometracks
   run:
     - python
-    - numpy
+    - numpy >=1.15
     - scipy
-    - matplotlib 2.1.*
+    - matplotlib >=2.2.*
     - pysam
     - intervaltree
     - biopython
@@ -41,10 +44,12 @@ requirements:
     - pandas
     - jinja2
     - configparser  # [not py>34]
-    - cooler <=0.7.6
+    - cooler >=0.7.11
     - six
     - future
     - unidecode
+    - hicmatrix
+    - pygenometracks
 
 test:
   imports: