diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index f658ee8731e2d821881dba05f5fa75acb4fe5e5e..115183a2e2688dfafb3d6bb1f2802202ddd993d1 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 ))
 
     conda_version = "4"
-    conda_build_version = "3.16"
+    conda_build_version = "3.17"
     conda_verify_version = "3"
 
     conda_verbosity = []
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 017bc3b7971bb5739ed7398cff46af7572d17846..e2e34699d6cd046a8664cb1bc51ca9338152fa67 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ requirements:
     - click >=7
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
-    - conda-build=3.16
+    - conda-build=3.17
     - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - docformatter
@@ -111,4 +111,3 @@ about:
   license: BSD 3-Clause
   summary: Tools for development and CI integration of Bob packages
   license_family: BSD
-  license_file: ../LICENSE