diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xcanvas/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xcanvas/recipe.yaml
index 8a653d560..94be115fe 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xcanvas/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xcanvas/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 context:
-  version: 0.4.2
+  version: 0.5.0
 
 package:
   name: xcanvas
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/jupyter-xeus/xcanvas/archive/refs/tags/${{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 697c83f1d34577c2c121fd83a72eabba12a73c14bef72b49a30289a8db0f0a55
+  sha256: 6154f72dca8542ca738ad71e57ffe441f49cdd7f157dcb0a877170971a0fbd43
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -18,14 +18,19 @@ requirements:
   - cmake
   - ninja
   host:
-  - xtl >=0.7,<0.8
-  - xproperty >=0.11.0,<0.12
-  - xwidgets >=0.28
+  - xproperty >=0.12.0,<0.13
+  - nlohmann_json >=3.11
+  - xwidgets >=0.29.0,<0.30
+
+tests:
+- script:
+    - test -f $PREFIX/include/xcanvas/xcanvas.hpp
+
 about:
   license: BSD-3-Clause
   license_family: BSD-3
   license_file: LICENSE
-  summary: xtl
+  summary: C++ back-end for ipycanvas
   homepage: https://github.com/jupyter-xeus/xcanvas
 extra:
   recipe-maintainers: