diff --git a/recipes/mess/meta.yaml b/recipes/mess/meta.yaml
index 79e6e64a7263c..01c9ddfd0baad 100644
--- a/recipes/mess/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/mess/meta.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source:
   sha256: a0bb9d8dc81548cfad1cc45d43c82d41b28a399dd8f6bad4c5588a8201196f1a
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   noarch: python
   entry_points:
     - mess=mess.__main__:main
@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.10
+    - python >=3.11
     - pip
+    - setuptools
 
   run:
-    - python >=3.10
-    - mamba >=1.5.8
+    - python >=3.11
+    - apptainer >=1.3.2
     - snakemake-minimal >=8.0.0
     - snaketool-utils >=0.0.5
     - attrmap >=0.0.7
     - pyyaml >=6.0.1
-    - pandas >=2.2.1
+    - pandas >=2.2.3
     - biopython >=1.83
-    - rich-click >=1.7.4
+    - rich-click >=1.8.3
 
 test:
   commands: