diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index ea107d30c6689e1e910df203a26f71fd85c02c55..21adb2c3143991b4d2ae5b39ecd4fb99e26974ad 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ requirements:
    - cspice =67
    - csm >=3.0.3,<3.0.4
    - curl >=8.4.0,<8.5
-   - cxx-compiler=1.1.2
+   - cxx-compiler=1.7
    - doxygen
    - eigen >=3, <4
    - embree >=3, <4