diff --git a/recipes/ngscheckmate/meta.yaml b/recipes/ngscheckmate/meta.yaml
index e2cd30dd30b53..028d3c5a2ee74 100644
--- a/recipes/ngscheckmate/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/ngscheckmate/meta.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {% set name = "ngscheckmate" %}
+{% set version = "1.0.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name }}
-  version: 1.0.1
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/parklab/NGSCheckMate/archive/ef7a38c51dadbd4ef5b6b6db60775f239926f0a8.zip
@@ -13,22 +14,18 @@ source:
 build:
   number: 3
   run_exports:
-    - {{ pin_subpackage(name, max_pin='x.x') }}
+    - {{ pin_subpackage(name, max_pin='x') }}
 
 requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - make
-
   host:
     - python >=2.7
-    - r-base >=4
-    - perl
     - samtools
     - bcftools
     - bowtie
     - zlib
-
   run:
     - python >=2.7
     - r-base >=4
@@ -44,14 +41,20 @@ test:
     - vaf_ncm.py -h
     - ngscheckmate_fastq
     - makesnvpattern.pl
+    
+about:
+  home: "https://github.com/parklab/NGSCheckMate"
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  summary: "Software package for identifying next generation sequencing (NGS) data files from the same individual."
+  description: "This version is built from a pull request which fixes a handful of known bugs."
+  dev_url: "https://github.com/parklab/NGSCheckMate"
+  doc_url: "https://github.com/parklab/NGSCheckMate/blob/master/Documentation.pdf"
 
 extra:
   additional-platforms:
     - linux-aarch64
     - osx-arm64
-    
-about:
-  home: https://github.com/parklab/NGSCheckMate
-  license: MIT
-  summary: Software package for identifying next generation sequencing (NGS) data files from the same individual.
-  description: This version is built from a pull request which fixes a handful of known bugs.
+  identifiers:
+    - biotools:ngscheckmate