diff --git a/.conda/conda_build_config.yaml b/.conda/conda_build_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fe9a38c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.conda/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+python:
+  - 3.7
+numpy:
+  - 1.15
+
diff --git a/.conda/meta.yaml b/.conda/meta.yaml
index 1dbf16c764..1c9156fa5c 100644
--- a/.conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/.conda/meta.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - python >=3.7
+    - python
   run:
-    - python >=3.7
+    - python
 
 about:
   home: http://github.com/ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-database