diff --git a/recipes/oarfish/build.sh b/recipes/oarfish/build.sh
index 580d388d2cf18..fc13873f768bd 100644
--- a/recipes/oarfish/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/oarfish/build.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
 
 set -xe
 
+curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain stable --profile=minimal -y
+export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
+
+
 # build statically linked binary with Rust
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo install --verbose --root $PREFIX --path .
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUSTFLAGS="-C linker=$CC" cargo install --verbose --root $PREFIX --path .
diff --git a/recipes/oarfish/meta.yaml b/recipes/oarfish/meta.yaml
index 41e7e84dcf8ce..4dd80c87da7fb 100644
--- a/recipes/oarfish/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/oarfish/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "0.6.2" %}
+{% set version = "0.6.3" %}
 
 package:
   name: oarfish
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ build:
     
 source:
   url: https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/oarfish/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 78b523fc459fec5ae3680395925862b4d367bd56d051120f28c689dd387e1758
+  sha256: 98cc4b939e81cd0018c38d47f4596dc3079680a7b076a7dfca2e80b67094c783
 
 requirements:
   build:
     - make
-    - {{ compiler('rust') }} 
+    #- rust >=1.82.0
+    #- {{ compiler('rust') }} >=1.82.0
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
   host:
     - zlib
   run: