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 a6b09f6..9121002 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -28,14 +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 \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
-mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge \
-    conda-build pip boa conda-forge-ci-setup=3
+mamba install --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
+    pip mamba conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
+mamba update --update-specs --yes --quiet --channel conda-forge --strict-channel-priority \
+    pip mamba conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
@@ -67,9 +68,10 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
     # Drop into an interactive shell
     /bin/bash
 else
-    conda mambabuild "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
+    conda build "${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/logging_utils.sh b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
index 57bc95c..aff009f 100644
--- a/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
+++ b/.scripts/logging_utils.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function startgroup {
             echo "##[group]$1";;
         travis )
             echo "$1"
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:start:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::group::$1";;
         * )
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function endgroup {
         azure )
             echo "##[endgroup]";;
         travis )
-            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\\r';;
+            echo -en 'travis_fold:end:'"${1// /}"'\r';;
         github_actions )
             echo "::endgroup::";;
     esac
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 8e8eaf6..54266dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Feedstock license: [BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/conda-forge/iris-feedstock/
 
 Home: https://scitools-iris.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
 
-Package license: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+Package license: BSD-3-Clause
 
 Summary: Analyse and visualise meteorological and oceanographic data sets.
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ 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/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 3f4b7a7..e0d408d 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ def verify_config(ns):
     elif ns.config.startswith("osx"):
         if "OSX_SDK_DIR" not in os.environ:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=SDKs' "
-                "to download the SDK automatically to 'SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Need OSX_SDK_DIR env variable set. Run 'export OSX_SDK_DIR=$PWD/SDKs' "
+                "to download the SDK automatically to '$PWD/SDKs/MacOSX<ver>.sdk'. "
+                "Note: OSX_SDK_DIR must be set to an absolute path. "
                 "Setting this variable implies agreement to the licensing terms of the SDK by Apple."
             )
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 919a43c..ec859eb 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "3.7.0" %}
+{% set version = "3.8.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: iris
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/scitools-iris/scitools-iris-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 037c2394aeeefd111780d4d7d020326276e65a9a98753f15db67550e66d6ffe7
+  sha256: 64acfe3195f7f52f110b023efaf71304e7558374b1cbe28fc95d828b2428daaf
 
 build:
   noarch: python
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ outputs:
         - libnetcdf !=4.9.1
         - matplotlib-base >=3.5
         - netcdf4
-        - numpy >=1.21,!=1.24.3
+        - numpy >=1.23,!=1.24.3
         - pyproj
         - scipy
         - shapely !=1.8.3
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ outputs:
         - iris
 about:
   home: https://scitools-iris.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
-  license: LGPL-3.0-or-later
-  license_family: GPL
-  license_file: COPYING.LESSER
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_family: BSD
+  license_file: LICENSE
   summary: Analyse and visualise meteorological and oceanographic data sets.
 
 extra: