diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-python/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-python/recipe.yaml
index a5cebc558dc..4edbbae013b 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-python/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-python/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 context:
-  version: 0.17.4
+  version: 0.17.5
 
 package:
   name: xeus-python
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/jupyter-xeus/xeus-python/archive/refs/tags/${{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 5b465638561019469c32974998b6f4bcde0b38c243c0b6f50bc5b001a4d78b4f
+  sha256: 5efd62af29cac84484ea3116c7c7fd1ae7630e4ad085057934f9e61d454ed673
 
 build:
-  number: 4
+  number: 0
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ requirements:
   - python
   - libpython
   - nlohmann_json
-  - xeus =5.2.2
-  - xeus-lite =3.2.1
-  - pybind11
-  - pybind11_json
+  - nlohmann_json-abi
+  - xeus
+  - xeus-lite
+  - pybind11 >=2.6.1,<3.0
+  - pybind11_json >=0.2.6,<0.3
   - xtl
   - pyjs >=2,<3
   - zstd