diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
index a20f315..abcbeb9 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
 
   - script: |
         export CI=azure
+        export flow_run_id=azure_$(Build.BuildNumber).$(System.JobAttempt)
+        export remote_url=$(Build.Repository.Uri)
+        export sha=$(Build.SourceVersion)
         export GIT_BRANCH=$BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME
         export FEEDSTOCK_NAME=$(basename ${BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME})
         if [[ "${BUILD_REASON:-}" == "PullRequest" ]]; then
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c89ecb7..179afe5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-*.pyc
+# User content belongs under recipe/.
+# Feedstock configuration goes in `conda-forge.yml`
+# Everything else is managed by the conda-smithy rerender process.
+# Please do not modify
+
+# Ignore all files and folders in root
+*
+!/conda-forge.yml
+
+# Don't ignore any files/folders if the parent folder is 'un-ignored'
+# This also avoids warnings when adding an already-checked file with an ignored parent.
+!/**/
+# Don't ignore any files/folders recursively in the following folders
+!/recipe/**
+!/.ci_support/**
 
-build_artifacts
+# Since we ignore files/folders recursively, any folders inside
+# build_artifacts gets ignored which trips some build systems.
+# To avoid that we 'un-ignore' all files/folders recursively
+# and only ignore the root build_artifacts folder.
+!/build_artifacts/**
+/build_artifacts
+
+*.pyc
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index d20d8f4..f017291 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ conda-build:
 pkgs_dirs:
   - ${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/build_artifacts/pkg_cache
   - /opt/conda/pkgs
+solver: libmamba
 
 CONDARC
+export CONDA_LIBMAMBA_SOLVER_NO_CHANNELS_FROM_INSTALLED=1
 
 mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
 mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
-    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+    pip mamba conda-build boa conda-forge-ci-setup=4
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
 else
     conda mambabuild "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
         --suppress-variables ${EXTRA_CB_OPTIONS:-} \
-        --clobber-file "${CI_SUPPORT}/clobber_${CONFIG}.yaml"
+        --clobber-file "${CI_SUPPORT}/clobber_${CONFIG}.yaml" \
+        --extra-meta flow_run_id="${flow_run_id:-}" remote_url="${remote_url:-}" sha="${sha:-}"
     ( startgroup "Validating outputs" ) 2> /dev/null
 
     validate_recipe_outputs "${FEEDSTOCK_NAME}"
diff --git a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
index 9236239..00f377a 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ if [ -z ${FEEDSTOCK_NAME} ]; then
     export FEEDSTOCK_NAME=$(basename ${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT})
 fi
 
+if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  pushd "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}"
+  sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+  popd
+fi
+
 docker info
 
 # In order for the conda-build process in the container to write to the mounted
@@ -91,6 +97,9 @@ docker run ${DOCKER_RUN_ARGS} \
            -e CPU_COUNT \
            -e BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG \
            -e BUILD_OUTPUT_ID \
+           -e flow_run_id \
+           -e remote_url \
+           -e sha \
            -e BINSTAR_TOKEN \
            -e FEEDSTOCK_TOKEN \
            -e STAGING_BINSTAR_TOKEN \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4923f27..e167b9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ available continuous integration services. Thanks to the awesome service provide
 [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/), [AppVeyor](https://www.appveyor.com/),
 [Drone](https://cloud.drone.io/welcome), and [TravisCI](https://travis-ci.com/)
 it is possible to build and upload installable packages to the
-[conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge) [Anaconda-Cloud](https://anaconda.org/)
+[conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge) [anaconda.org](https://anaconda.org/)
 channel for Linux, Windows and OSX respectively.
 
 To manage the continuous integration and simplify feedstock maintenance
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 0df921f..5b11b05 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "1.28.0" %}
+{% set version = "1.29.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: featuretools
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/f/featuretools/featuretools-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 33612eb1528a55ce4700f0c420c7775f4ff0533d5f256251ad6c07a17787f774
+  sha256: c7123ab7dc260e7380c61ae6cc1e831e13177b8a9e61ae628e43a1e212f61590
 
 build:
   noarch: python
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - pip
-    - python >=3.8.*
+    - python >=3.9.*
   run:
     - cloudpickle >=1.5.0
-    - holidays >=0.13, <0.33.0
+    - holidays >=0.17
     - numpy >=1.21.0
     - packaging >=20.0
     - pandas >=1.5.0
     - psutil >=5.6.6
-    - python >=3.8.*
+    - python >=3.9.*
     - scipy >=1.10.0
     - tqdm >=4.32.0
     - woodwork >=0.23.0
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ test:
   imports:
     - featuretools
   requires:
-    - boto3 >=1.17.46
+    - boto3 >=1.34.32 
     - composeml >=0.8.0
     - graphviz !=2.47.2
-    - moto >=3.0.7
+    - moto >=5.0.0
     - pip >=21.3.1
-    - pyarrow >=3.0.0, <13.0.0
+    - pyarrow >=14.0.1
     - pympler >=0.8
     - pytest >=7.1.2
     - pytest-cov >=3.0.0
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test:
     - pytest-xdist >=2.5.0
     - python-graphviz >=0.8.4
     - smart_open >=5.0.0
-    - urllib3 >=1.26.5
+    - urllib3 >=1.26.18
   source_files:
     - featuretools/*
     - pyproject.toml
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ extra:
   recipe-maintainers:
     - stefaniesmith
     - sbadithe
-    - ozzieD
     - machineAYX
-    - rwedge
     - tamargrey
     - thehomebrewnerd
     - jeff-hernandez
-    - gsheni
     - dvreed77