diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 6c805a9..af0b9ac 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ 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}"
 
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 8ac9b84..6788aea 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-"""exec' "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
+"""exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 0887921..db5da6a 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ source:
 build:
   noarch: python
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
-  number: 1
+  number: 2
 
 requirements:
   host:
     - python >=3.8
     - pip
-    - setuptools
+    - setuptools >=42
+    - setuptools_scm >=3.4
   run:
     - python >=3.8
     - fsspec
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ test:
     - fsspec_xrootd
   commands:
     - pip check
+    # make sure the version reported by pip is correct
+    - "pip show {{ name }} | grep -Fx 'Version: {{ version }}'"
   requires:
     - pip