diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 6c805a9..9123720 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
+
+
 # make the build number clobber
 make_build_number "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
@@ -71,8 +73,8 @@ else
         --extra-meta flow_run_id="${flow_run_id:-}" remote_url="${remote_url:-}" sha="${sha:-}"
     ( startgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
 
-    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.6.0
-    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.6.0"
+    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.9.4
+    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts --recipe-dir "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CONFIG_FILE}" || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.9.4"
 
     ( endgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
     ( startgroup "Validating outputs" ) 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index ad85a2c..95d88f6 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,30 @@
 # update the conda-forge.yml and/or the recipe/meta.yaml.
 # -*- mode: yaml -*-
 
-jobs:
-  - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+stages:
+- stage: Check
+  jobs:
+    - job: Skip
+      pool:
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+      variables:
+        DECODE_PERCENTS: 'false'
+        RET: 'true'
+      steps:
+      - checkout: self
+        fetchDepth: '2'
+      - bash: |
+          git_log=`git log --max-count=1 --skip=1 --pretty=format:"%B" | tr "\n" " "`
+          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=log]$git_log"
+        displayName: Obtain commit message
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RET]false"
+        condition: or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]'))
+        displayName: Skip build?
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=start_main;isOutput=true]$RET"
+        name: result
+        displayName: Export result
+- stage: Build
+  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(dependencies.Check.outputs['Skip.result.start_main'], 'true'))
+  dependsOn: Check
+  jobs:
+    - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 8ac9b84..6788aea 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-"""exec' "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
+"""exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index daf9a35..cb2861b 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "2024.9.1" %}
+{% set version = "2024.10.0" %}
 
 
 package:
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/d/dask/dask-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 06eccc6a68d2882bcd9de24548fa96e8d0da7fbfff0baed3f3c2a526b73dfbb4
+  sha256: dfd3efec5d8d8340fb647d0347637133030cad261b714623cc27de286e9db037
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ requirements:
     - dask-expr >=1.1,<1.2
     - bokeh >=3.1.0
     - jinja2 >=2.10.3
-    - pyarrow >=7.0
-    - pyarrow-hotfix
+    - pyarrow >=14.0.1
 
   run_constrained:
     - openssl !=1.1.1e