diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 49365a8..26d8a2a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @cpelley @PaulAbernethy @benfitzpatrick @dmentipl @tjtg
\ No newline at end of file
+* @PaulAbernethy @benfitzpatrick @cpelley @dmentipl @tjtg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 595f8b5..d20d8f4 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ pkgs_dirs:
 
 CONDARC
 
-
-mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
-mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
+    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
+    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
diff --git a/.scripts/logging_utils.sh b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
index 57bc95c..aff009f 100644
--- a/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
+++ b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function startgroup {
             echo "##[group]$1";;
         travis )
             echo "$1"
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::group::$1";;
         * )
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function endgroup {
         azure )
             echo "##[endgroup]";;
         travis )
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::endgroup::";;
     esac
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8926bc..ba5ea83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Feedstock Maintainers
 
 * [@PaulAbernethy](https://github.com/PaulAbernethy/)
 * [@benfitzpatrick](https://github.com/benfitzpatrick/)
+* [@cpelley](https://github.com/cpelley/)
 * [@dmentipl](https://github.com/dmentipl/)
 * [@tjtg](https://github.com/tjtg/)
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 9c91f16..ab711a8 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "improver" %}
-{% set version = "1.6.1" %}
+{% set version = "1.6.2" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/metoppv/improver/archive/{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 6dfe54ac17cb7ce4e453c58e0979897d8dd7c3378447f2ec21578c285df6dd47
+  sha256: 19cc8772d30dbcfbad593dece37db5b092e0b24fb2ebbebf03857a3b13fe06b2
 
 build:
   noarch: python