diff --git a/recipes/bioconductor-scater-scripts/meta.yaml b/recipes/bioconductor-scater-scripts/meta.yaml
index 911ac098aa7cc..a809d7394236e 100644
--- a/recipes/bioconductor-scater-scripts/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/bioconductor-scater-scripts/meta.yaml
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ source:
 
 requirements:
     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
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   noarch: generic
 
 test: