diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
index bf43533..e1f2b92 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-cos7-x86_64
         SHORT_CONFIG: linux_64_
   timeoutInMinutes: 360
+  variables: {}
 
   steps:
   # configure qemu binfmt-misc running.  This allows us to run docker containers
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index d2be208..cf74978 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ CONDARC
 export CONDA_LIBMAMBA_SOLVER_NO_CHANNELS_FROM_INSTALLED=1
 
 mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
+    pip mamba conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
 mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
+    pip mamba conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
     # Drop into an interactive shell
     /bin/bash
 else
-    conda mambabuild "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
+    conda-build "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
         --suppress-variables ${EXTRA_CB_OPTIONS:-} \
         --clobber-file "${CI_SUPPORT}/clobber_${CONFIG}.yaml" \
         --extra-meta flow_run_id="${flow_run_id:-}" remote_url="${remote_url:-}" sha="${sha:-}"
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 3f4b7a7..e0d408d 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ def verify_config(ns):
     elif ns.config.startswith("osx"):
         if "OSX_SDK_DIR" not in os.environ:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=SDKs' "
-                "to download the SDK automatically to 'SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=$PWD/SDKs' "
+                "to download the SDK automatically to '$PWD/SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Note: OSX_SDK_DIR must be set to an absolute path. "
                 "Setting this variable implies agreement to the licensing terms of the SDK by Apple."
             )
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 26fbd8e..faad41d 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "5.10.4" %}
+{% set version = "5.11.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: pymc-suite  # https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3933
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pymc/pymc-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 18deabc2ff6aec09a3b38ce5e8507ce2cc3673fc1af983307fdb38e75a4f3319
+  sha256: 5e1e0ee810645f349922118c2b1de36d84a1dcdc1a20418b2b27baccb254c29c
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ outputs:
         - fastprogress >=0.2.0
         - numpy >=1.15.0
         - pandas >=0.24.0
-        - pytensor >=2.18.1,<2.19
+        - pytensor-base >=2.18.1,<2.19
         - scipy >=1.4.1
         - typing-extensions >=3.7.4
     test: