diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb953ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{% set name = "regionate" %}
+{% set version = "0.5.5" %}
+{% set python_min = "3.11" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://pypi.org/packages/source/r/regionate/regionate-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 42b33b9a9a83fb23b737e39dd2ac40993f939bf84eb25ecb4e0a7eab6e0780be
+
+build:
+  noarch: python
+  number: 0
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv --no-deps --no-build-isolation
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python {{ python_min }}
+    - pip
+    - hatchling
+  run:
+    - python >={{ python_min }}
+    - pyproj
+    - geopandas
+    - regionmask
+    - contourpy
+    - sectionate >=0.3.3
+
+test:
+  requires:
+    - python {{ python_min }}
+    - pip
+  imports:
+    - regionate
+  commands:
+    - pip check
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/hdrake/regionate
+  summary: A package for creating xgcm-grid consistent regional masks and boundaries
+  license: GPL-3.0-only
+  license_file: LICENSE
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - hdrake
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8f4dc0..c54eb67 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "proj",
     "pyproj",
     "geopandas",
     "regionmask",
diff --git a/regionate/version.py b/regionate/version.py
index dd7e4aa..6125cbd 100644
--- a/regionate/version.py
+++ b/regionate/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """regionate: version information"""
 
-__version__ = "0.5.4"
+__version__ = "0.5.5"