diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
index 770460fe..74e6ade4 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 - '9'
 docker_image:
 - quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
-fftw:
-- '3'
 fortran_compiler:
 - gfortran
 fortran_compiler_version:
 - '9'
 gmp:
 - '6'
-libblas:
-- 3.8 *netlib
-libcblas:
-- 3.8 *netlib
-liblapack:
-- 3.8 *netlib
+libgit2:
+- '1.1'
+libssh2:
+- '1'
+libunwind:
+- '1'
 mpfr:
 - '4'
+pcre2:
+- '10.37'
 perl:
 - 5.26.2
 pin_run_as_build:
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ pin_run_as_build:
     max_pin: x.x.x
   curl:
     max_pin: x
-  fftw:
-    max_pin: x
   gmp:
     max_pin: x
   mpfr:
diff --git a/.ci_support/migrations/pcre21037.yaml b/.ci_support/migrations/pcre21037.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43cf4037..00000000
--- a/.ci_support/migrations/pcre21037.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-__migrator:
-  build_number: 1
-  kind: version
-  migration_number: 1
-migrator_ts: 1622491612.3316026
-pcre2:
-- '10.37'
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
index c2447382..ae94f808 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
@@ -16,24 +16,22 @@ cxx_compiler:
 - clangxx
 cxx_compiler_version:
 - '11'
-fftw:
-- '3'
 fortran_compiler:
 - gfortran
 fortran_compiler_version:
 - '9'
 gmp:
 - '6'
-libblas:
-- 3.8 *netlib
-libcblas:
-- 3.8 *netlib
-liblapack:
-- 3.8 *netlib
+libgit2:
+- '1.1'
+libssh2:
+- '1'
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
 mpfr:
 - '4'
+pcre2:
+- '10.37'
 perl:
 - 5.26.2
 pin_run_as_build:
@@ -41,8 +39,6 @@ pin_run_as_build:
     max_pin: x.x.x
   curl:
     max_pin: x
-  fftw:
-    max_pin: x
   gmp:
     max_pin: x
   mpfr:
diff --git a/conda-forge.yml b/conda-forge.yml
index 1c09752d..118bd44b 100644
--- a/conda-forge.yml
+++ b/conda-forge.yml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 conda_forge_output_validation: true
+azure:
+    store_build_artifacts: True
diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index e83f8379..280f469e 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -12,39 +12,45 @@ html :
 	mkdir -p _build/html
 EOF
 
+
 # Julia sets this to unix makefiles later on in its build process
 export CMAKE_GENERATOR="make"
 
-NO_GIT=1 make -C base version_git.jl.phony CC=$CC CXX=$CXX FC=$FC
+make -C base version_git.jl.phony CC=$CC CXX=$CXX FC=$FC
 
 export EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS="" 
 if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]
 then
-    export EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS="USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND=1"
+    export EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS="USE_SYSTEM_LIBGIT2=0"
 elif [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]
 then
-	# On linux the released version of libunwind has issues building julia
-	# See: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23615
-    export EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS="USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND=0"
+    export EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS="USE_SYSTEM_LIBGIT2=1"
 fi
 
-make -j 4 prefix=${PREFIX} MARCH=core2 sysconfigdir=${PREFIX}/etc NO_GIT=1 \
- LIBBLAS=-lblas LIBBLASNAME=libblas LIBLAPACK=-llapack LIBLAPACKNAME=liblapack \
+# using system utf8proc can be enabled in 1.7.0. See https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/commit/ba653ecb1c81f1465505c2cea38b4f8149dd20b3
+make -j 4 prefix=${PREFIX} MARCH=core2 sysconfigdir=${PREFIX}/etc \
+ LIBBLAS=-lopenblas64_ LIBBLASNAME=libopenblas64_ LIBLAPACK=-lopenblas64_ LIBLAPACKNAME=libopenblas64_ \
  USE_SYSTEM_ARPACK=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_BLAS=1 \
+ USE_BLAS64=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_CURL=1 \
- USE_SYSTEM_FFTW=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_GMP=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_LAPACK=1 \
- USE_SYSTEM_LIBGIT2=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_LIBSSH2=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_LLVM=0 \
  USE_SYSTEM_MPFR=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM=1 \
- USE_SYSTEM_OPENSPECFUN=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_PATCHELF=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_PCRE=1 \
  USE_SYSTEM_SUITESPARSE=1 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_CSL=0 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND=1 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV=0 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_UTF8PROC=0 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_MBEDTLS=0 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_NGHTTP2=1 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 \
+ USE_SYSTEM_P7ZIP=1 \
  ${EXTRA_MAKEFLAGS}	\
  TAGGED_RELEASE_BANNER="conda-forge-julia release" \
  CC=$CC CXX=$CXX FC=$FC \
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 7c3e781e..083ee82a 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,64 +1,68 @@
 {% set name = "julia" %}
-{% set version = "1.1.1" %}
-{% set sha256 = "0155a33448cb2334ae7487a35a2416a4205da4541b90fc9f97208da11e273c9e" %}
+{% set version = "1.6.1" %}
+{% set sha256 = "71d8e40611361370654e8934c407b2dec04944cf3917c5ecb6482d6b85ed767f" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  url: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  fn: julia-{{ version }}-full.tar.gz
+  url: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/releases/download/v{{ version }}/julia-{{ version }}-full.tar.gz
   sha256: {{ sha256 }}
 
 build:
   skip: True  # [win]
-  number: 7
+  number: 0
   features:
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - cmake-binary
     - perl
-    - python 2.7.*
+    - python 3
     - {{ compiler('fortran') }}
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
   host:
-    - libblas
-    - libcblas
-    - liblapack
+    - openblas-ilp64
     - patchelf  # [linux]
-    - zlib
-    - openlibm 0.5.4
-    - openspecfun 0.5.3
-    - fftw
+    - openlibm
     - gmp
     - mpfr
     - curl
-    - libgit2 0.27
+    - libgit2  # [not osx]
+    - libssh2
     - libosxunwind  # [osx]
+    - libunwind  # [linux]
     - arpack
     - suitesparse
-    - pcre2 10.23
+    - pcre2
+    - git
+    - libnghttp2
+    - zlib
+    - p7zip
 
   run:
-    - zlib
-    - {{ pin_compatible("libgit2", max_pin="x.x") }}
+    - openblas-ilp64
     - libosxunwind  # [osx]
-    - fftw
+    - libunwind  # [linux]
     - gmp
     - mpfr
-    - openlibm 0.5.4
-    - openspecfun 0.5.3
+    - openlibm
     - arpack
     - suitesparse
+    - pcre2
     - curl
-    - pcre2 10.23
+    - libgit2  # [not osx]
+    - libssh2
+    - git
+    - libnghttp2
+    - zlib
+    - p7zip
 
 test:
   commands:
-    - julia -e 'Base.runtests("LibGit2/online Pkg/pkg")'
+    - julia -e 'Base.runtests(["core", "regex", "Downloads"])'
   requires:
     - perl