diff --git a/recipes/bioconductor-sc3-scripts/meta.yaml b/recipes/bioconductor-sc3-scripts/meta.yaml
index 7f9f286be7d4d..d654558735de7 100644
--- a/recipes/bioconductor-sc3-scripts/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/bioconductor-sc3-scripts/meta.yaml
@@ -9,19 +9,22 @@ source:
   sha256: 933cfb14c0a98251dab7eb2214f5c49b75b450240b88a5863fb1c1f1b062f4e7
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   noarch: generic
 
 requirements:
+  host:
+    - r-base 3.4.1
   run:
-    - r-base
+    - r-base 3.4.1
     - r-optparse
     - r-workflowscriptscommon
     - bioconductor-biobase
-    - bioconductor-scater=1.6.0
+    - bioconductor-scater 1.6.0
     - bioconductor-singlecellexperiment-scripts
     - bioconductor-scater-scripts
-    - bioconductor-sc3=1.7.6
+    - bioconductor-sc3 1.7.6
+
 test:
   commands:
     - sc3-sc3-prepare.R --help