diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
index abcbeb9..1741648 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ jobs:
       linux_64_:
         CONFIG: linux_64_
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
-        DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-cos7-x86_64
+        DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64:alma9
   timeoutInMinutes: 360
+  variables: {}
 
   steps:
   # configure qemu binfmt-misc running.  This allows us to run docker containers
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
index 6c59082..9964e05 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 cdt_name:
-- cos6
+- conda
 channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
 docker_image:
-- quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-cos7-x86_64
+- quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64:alma9
+python_min:
+- '3.9'
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7f32763..18f114a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ bld.bat text eol=crlf
 .travis.yml linguist-generated=true
 .scripts/* linguist-generated=true
 .woodpecker.yml linguist-generated=true
-LICENSE.txt linguist-generated=true
-README.md linguist-generated=true
+/LICENSE.txt linguist-generated=true
+/README.md linguist-generated=true
 azure-pipelines.yml linguist-generated=true
 build-locally.py linguist-generated=true
 shippable.yml linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index f017291..f8051ab 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -31,18 +31,20 @@ pkgs_dirs:
 solver: libmamba
 
 CONDARC
+mv /opt/conda/conda-meta/history /opt/conda/conda-meta/history.$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)
+echo > /opt/conda/conda-meta/history
+micromamba install --root-prefix ~/.conda --prefix /opt/conda \
+    --yes --override-channels --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
+    pip  python=3.12 conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
 export CONDA_LIBMAMBA_SOLVER_NO_CHANNELS_FROM_INSTALLED=1
 
-mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
-mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
-
 # set up the condarc
 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}"
 
@@ -65,10 +67,16 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
     # Drop into an interactive shell
     /bin/bash
 else
-    conda mambabuild "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
+    conda-build "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
         --suppress-variables ${EXTRA_CB_OPTIONS:-} \
         --clobber-file "${CI_SUPPORT}/clobber_${CONFIG}.yaml" \
         --extra-meta flow_run_id="${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 4.9.4
+    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
 
     validate_recipe_outputs "${FEEDSTOCK_NAME}"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index ad85a2c..d309e84 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]$git_log"
+        displayName: Obtain commit message
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RET]false"
+        condition: and(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'), or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]')))
+        displayName: Skip build?
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=start_main;isOutput=true]$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 3f4b7a7..c4a56c6 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/bin/sh
+"""exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
 #
-import os
+# The line above this comment is a bash / sh / zsh guard
+# to stop people from running it with the wrong interpreter
 import glob
+import os
+import platform
 import subprocess
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
-import platform
 
 
 def setup_environment(ns):
@@ -23,6 +26,13 @@ def setup_environment(ns):
             os.path.dirname(__file__), "miniforge3"
         )
 
+    # The default cache location might not be writable using docker on macOS.
+    if ns.config.startswith("linux") and platform.system() == "Darwin":
+        os.environ["CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS"] = (
+            os.environ.get("CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS", "")
+            + " -e RATTLER_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/rattler_cache"
+        )
+
 
 def run_docker_build(ns):
     script = ".scripts/run_docker_build.sh"
@@ -64,8 +74,9 @@ def verify_config(ns):
     elif ns.config.startswith("osx"):
         if "OSX_SDK_DIR" not in os.environ:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=SDKs' "
-                "to download the SDK automatically to 'SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=$PWD/SDKs' "
+                "to download the SDK automatically to '$PWD/SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Note: OSX_SDK_DIR must be set to an absolute path. "
                 "Setting this variable implies agreement to the licensing terms of the SDK by Apple."
             )
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 4710d93..29d97fa 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/hyram-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.org/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/hyram-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   sha256: 2865f9acb3d6a5eaa549f48f2b50db16e680c5a714bcad51bf4117da10a1e215
 
 build:
   noarch: python
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >3.6,<3.11
+    - python {{ python_min }}
     - pip
   run:
-    - python >3.6,<3.11
+    - python >={{ python_min }},<3.11
     - matplotlib-base
     - scipy
     - coolprop >=6.3
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ test:
     - pip check
   requires:
     - pip
+    - python {{ python_min }}
 
 about:
   home: https://hyram.sandia.gov/