diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index f413b8981138e0c3668b14a93a74832a5f2fef30..a0fda861340675ae987298f0e0cd4a43e5e36b06 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
   conda_version = '4'
   conda_build_version = '3.16'
+  conda_verify_version = '3'
 
   conda_verbosity = []
   #if args.verbose >= 2:
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       'python',
       'conda=%s' % conda_version,
       'conda-build=%s' % conda_build_version,
+      'conda-verify=%s' % conda_verify_version,
       'twine',  #required for checking readme of python (zip) distro
       ])
 
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       'python',
       'conda=%s' % conda_version,
       'conda-build=%s' % conda_build_version,
+      'conda-verify=%s' % conda_verify_version,
       'twine',  #required for checking readme of python (zip) distro
       ])
     conda_bld_path = os.path.join(args.conda_root, 'conda-bld')
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 3badca3cf7c9bb90332d755c69b658473fabb477..255ffca2116474ebf52421215c1826856ecdc9a0 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
     - conda-build=3.16
+    - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - pytz
     - python-dateutil
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index 0f29391520beef5662d8ff5ec5aec997f83127ad..4903bd8801b28a0acfe216158f0e3cc8e03a20a6 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -8,17 +8,30 @@
 ==============
 
 You can install this package via conda_, simply pointing to our stable or beta
-channels::
+channels:
 
-  $ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
-  # or, for beta releases:
-  $ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda/label/beta bob.devtools
+.. code-block:: sh
 
-We provide packages for both 64-bit Linux and MacOS.  Once installed, you can
-use these tools within the created environment like this::
+   $ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
+   # or, for beta releases:
+   $ conda create -n bdt -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda/label/beta -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
 
-  $ conda activate bdt
-  (bdt) $ bdt --help
+If you use one of our supported Python versions on your base environment, you
+may also install ``bdt`` on it:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+   $ conda install -n base -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
+   # or, for beta releases:
+   $ conda install -n base -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda/label/beta -c https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/conda bob.devtools
+
+We provide packages for both 64-bit Linux and MacOS, for Python 3.6+.  Once
+installed, you can use these tools within the created environment like this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+   $ conda activate base  #or bdt, depending where you installed it
+   (bdt) $ bdt --help
 
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01918fb2ffcbeb365f69dbfa00430be17ff57aa5..f1dd0ff7977904896aa53bacc9eb1446571f8395 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ version = open("version.txt").read().rstrip()
 
 requires = [
     'setuptools',
-    'click>=7.0.0',
+    'click>=7',
     'click-plugins',
-    'conda-build>=3.0.0',
+    'conda>=4,<5',
+    'conda-build>=3,<4',
+    'conda-verify>=3,<4',
     'certifi',
     'requests',
     'gitpython',