diff --git a/isis/CMakeLists.txt b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
index 153478afe55665d65765940dc5c83d8da471e65e..cea631ddbf57bdb7101bb6d0bfe9a20aff9a081d 100644
--- a/isis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set(PACKAGE            "ISIS")
 set(PACKAGE_NAME       "USGS ISIS")
 
 # Version number
-set(VERSION            "7.2.0")
+set(VERSION            "8.0.0")
 string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${VERSION})
 list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 VERSION_MAJOR)
 list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 VERSION_MINOR)
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index fabd2b38e46b1268da1e9f631b602806107afaa8..3a08b876d8bac085f9d87ef4cdddb4c3285a7ac9 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #       A Public Release for ISIS3.6.1:                        {% set version = "3.6.1" %}
 #       A Release Candidate for ISIS3.6.1:                     {% set version = "3.6.1_RC" %}
 #       A custom build of ISIS3.6.1 for the CaSSIS mission:    {% set version = "3.6.1_cassis" %}
-{% set version = "7.2.0_RC1" %}
+{% set version = "8.0.0_RC1" %}
 
 # This is the build number for the current version you are building. If this is the first build of
 # this version, the build number will be 0. It is incremented by 1 with every consecutive build of
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ build:
 
 # Shotgun strat on requirements until we can narrow them down
 requirements:
-  build:
    - ale=0.8.6
-   - aom
    - armadillo
    - boost=1.72
    - boost-cpp=1.72
@@ -54,21 +52,20 @@ requirements:
    - usgs-astrogeology::bullet
    - bz2file
    - bzip2
-   - cmake>=3.15
+   - cmake >=3.15
    - cspice=67
    - csm>=3.0.3,<3.0.4
    - curl
+   - cxx-compiler=1.1.2
    - doxygen
-   - eigen<3.4
-   # versioned due to major release of embree 3 on conda-forge
-   # it is not compatible without changes to ISIS
-   - embree>=2.17, <3
+   - eigen < 3.4
+   - embree>=2.17,<3
    - ffmpeg
-   - geos>=3.7,<3.8
+   - geos>=3.9,<3.10
    - geotiff
    - gmp
    - graphviz
-   - gsl>=2.6,<2.7
+   - gsl>=2.6
    - hdf5
    - icu
    - inja
@@ -89,12 +86,12 @@ requirements:
    - nlohmann_json
    - ninja==1.7.2
    - nn
-   - numpy=1.23
    - opencv>=4.5.2
    - openssl>=1.1.1k
-   - pcl>=1.10.0
+   - pcl >= 1.10.0
    - protobuf<3.20
    - python>=3.7.11
+   - pytest
    - rclone
    - qhull
    - qt>=5.9.6,<5.15.0
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@ requirements:
    - texlive-core
    - tnt
    - x264
-   - x265
    - xalan-c
    - xerces-c=3
    - xorg-kbproto
@@ -160,6 +156,7 @@ requirements:
   - qhull
   - {{ pin_compatible('qt', max_pin='x.x') }}
   - {{ pin_compatible('qwt', max_pin='x.x') }}
+  - rclone
   - superlu
   - tnt
   - x264