diff --git a/conda/beat-devel/meta.yaml b/conda/beat-devel/meta.yaml
index 9fbc80cbe3aae939152cc1816307391602f2b487..28c365f2c94fb4f21e15f95b78db221bf5fe88e4 100644
--- a/conda/beat-devel/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/beat-devel/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% set nopin = ['ca-certificates', 'certifi', 'openssl', 'libstdcxx-ng', 'libgcc-ng', 'libcxx', 'libcxxabi'] %}
 package:
   name: beat-devel
-  version: 2019.08.07
+  version: 2019.08.08
 
 build:
   # the build number must be zero all the time.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python {{ python }}
-    - bob-devel 2019.08.04
+    - bob-devel 2019.08.08
     - docker-py 4.0.2
     - flask 1.0.2
     - flask-cors 3.0.7
diff --git a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
index da4b1581f3d200ec8bc0d1208e6e7fe26ef26b9b..c4085f720f0f84bcb13464838e0689b49d1f4ac7 100644
--- a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package:
   name: bob-devel
   # please update the version of beat-devel and update bob-devel's version there
   # as well in the same merge request.
-  version: 2019.08.06
+  version: 2019.08.08
 
 build:
   # the build number must be zero all the time.
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python {{ python }}
+    # IMPORTANT: To update this list, create a conda environment with all the below
+    # packages without any pinning. Once the environment is resolved, observe those
+    # versions and put them here.
+
     # Dependency list of bob packages. Everything is pinned to allow for better
-    # reproducibility. Please keep this list sorted. It is MANDATORY that you
-    # update all dependencies at once (to their latest version) each time you
-    # modify the dependencies here. Use ``conda search`` to find the latest
-    # version of packages.
+    # reproducibility.
     - boost 1.67.0
     - caffe 1.0  # [linux]
     - click 7.0
@@ -45,25 +46,26 @@ requirements:
     - libpng 1.6.37
     - libsvm 3.22
     - libtiff 4.0.10
-    - madmom 0.16.1
     - matplotlib 3.1.0
+    - menpo 0.8.1
+    - menpofit 0.5.0
     - mkl 2019.4
     - mne 0.15.2
     - mr.developer 1.38
     - nose 1.3.7
-    - numpy 1.16.2
+    - numpy 1.16.4
     - opencv 3.4.2
     - pillow 6.1.0
     - pkg-config 0.29.2
     - pyedflib 0.1.11
     - cudatoolkit 9.0  # [linux]
-    - pytorch 1.0.1  # [linux]
+    - pytorch 1.1.0  # [linux]
     - pyyaml 5.1.1
     - requests 2.22.0
     - schema 0.6.8
     - scikit-image 0.15.0
     - scikit-learn 0.21.2
-    - scipy 1.3.0
+    - scipy 1.2.1
     - setuptools 41.0.1
     - six 1.12.0
     - sox 14.4.2
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ requirements:
     - sqlalchemy 1.3.5
     - tabulate 0.8.3
     - tensorflow 1.14.0
-    - torchvision 0.2.1  # [linux and py<37]
+    - torchvision 0.3.0  # [linux]
     - vlfeat 0.9.21
     - zc.buildout 2.12.2
     - zc.recipe.egg 2.0.7
@@ -80,8 +82,6 @@ requirements:
     - termcolor 1.1.0
     # semi-supported dependencies (drop them if they conflict):
     - dlib 19.7
-    - menpo 0.8.1
-    - menpofit 0.5.0
   run:
     - python
   run_constrained:
diff --git a/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda_build_config.yaml
index eda97fb734cfb09f44a8c86729171a837a5ce5ba..ae81b73cf75e8d2b1b25350594a33a80a86f5769 100644
--- a/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ zip_keys:
     - python                    # [win]
 
 numpy:
-  - 1.16.2
+  - 1.16.4
 boost:
   - 1.67.0
 cython: