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