diff --git a/recipes/whatshap/meta.yaml b/recipes/whatshap/meta.yaml
index 2208496e759dd..faec6f8efe84c 100644
--- a/recipes/whatshap/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/whatshap/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package:
   name: whatshap
-  version: "0.17"
+  version: "0.18"
 
 source:
-  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/79/11/79da12b8c23f43b00fab8a6206f75cc1cc8c1902ff30eca53c17abe2f633/whatshap-0.17.tar.gz
-  sha256: 8ad1c66789fe5fe957b3695902dae3c3fd4e67f79b9e349b92b532e9ff618933
+  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f0/e4/4392c2f1320ea8d4b79a76e3a6dcb9bd7bf6ed70e11499c9acf2db2d42ef/whatshap-0.18.tar.gz
+  sha256: c566130eca57fe9e34f5193390856dc44171c397f9708c49fcbf204e575b6695
 
 build:
   skip: True  # [not py3k]
@@ -13,23 +13,21 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
   host:
     - python
     - pip
     - setuptools
-    - pysam >=0.14
-    - pyvcf
-    - pyfaidx
-    - xopen
-    - networkx
+    - setuptools_scm
   run:
     - python
-    - pysam >=0.14
+    - setuptools
+    - pysam >=0.15
     - pyvcf
-    - pyfaidx
-    - xopen
+    - pyfaidx >=0.5.5.2
+    - xopen >=0.5.0
     - networkx
+    - biopython >=1.73
 
 test:
   imports: