diff --git a/recipes/bcbio-nextgen-vm/meta.yaml b/recipes/bcbio-nextgen-vm/meta.yaml
index cda79f1147a65..19aa3faf5d3ee 100644
--- a/recipes/bcbio-nextgen-vm/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/bcbio-nextgen-vm/meta.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package:
   name: bcbio-nextgen-vm
-  version: '0.1.1'
+  version: '0.1.2a'
 
 build:
   number: 1
 
 source:
-  url: https://github.com/bcbio/bcbio-nextgen-vm/archive/dbbc857.tar.gz
-  sha256: 917b7edd143d8120072790c4c39732bd7c2cb4152a149e9975c3bdd3422930b7
+  url: https://github.com/bcbio/bcbio-nextgen-vm/archive/c251103.tar.gz
+  sha256: ca54003f9ec1176b769474b3db804fdaad8339330aae6bb5091ed7bb473ee944
 
 requirements:
   host:
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ requirements:
 
   run:
     - python
-    - bcbio-nextgen >1.1.2
+    - bcbio-nextgen >=1.1.3
     - python-dateutil >=2.5.0
     - ipyparallel >=6.0.2
     - pysam >=0.15.2
+    - boto3
     # cwltool and schema salad dependencies for latest arvados
     - cachecontrol ==0.11.7
     - pathlib2 ==2.3.2
diff --git a/recipes/bcbio-nextgen/meta.yaml b/recipes/bcbio-nextgen/meta.yaml
index 25ac151b69fa8..bdeaff73f84b8 100644
--- a/recipes/bcbio-nextgen/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/bcbio-nextgen/meta.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package:
   name: bcbio-nextgen
-  version: '1.1.3a'
+  version: '1.1.3'
 
 build:
-  number: 4
+  number: 0
 
 source:
-  #url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/b/bcbio-nextgen/bcbio-nextgen-1.1.2.tar.gz
-  url: https://github.com/bcbio/bcbio-nextgen/archive/c3287b5.tar.gz
-  sha256: d120460fe573ceb6acf16065d533eb14101ec62a4ce2d98e93e115b5cf6a8f22
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/b/bcbio-nextgen/bcbio-nextgen-1.1.3.tar.gz
+  #url: https://github.com/bcbio/bcbio-nextgen/archive/c3287b5.tar.gz
+  sha256: df2e944e3a60daf33e382b1d00007d5ac1f794b2f1359c8944ade51ce59dae41
 
 requirements:
   host: