diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-cpp/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-cpp/recipe.yaml
index 8a64f26582..30373f9b59 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-cpp/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/xeus-cpp/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 context:
-  version: 0.7.1
+  version: 0.8.0
 
 package:
   name: xeus-cpp
@@ -7,36 +7,37 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/compiler-research/xeus-cpp/archive/refs/tags/${{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: d6585f711fe1f8697a11f4da5511a51981ca46df13b72761663298fcb5f126e7
+  sha256: 3d3b437799e98dc1d23add165a1c1dff77b1251e19646c18fb5f3ad2bd0c47f5
 
 build:
-  number: 4
+  number: 0
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - ${{ compiler("cxx") }}
-    - cmake
-    - make  # [unix]
+  - ${{ compiler("cxx") }}
+  - cmake
+  - make
   host:
-    - nlohmann_json=3.12.0
-    - xeus-lite >=4.0,<5.0
-    - xeus >=5.0.0,<6.0
-    - cpp-argparse
-    - pugixml
-    - CppInterOp
+  - nlohmann_json
+  - nlohmann_json-abi
+  - xeus-lite
+  - xeus
+  - cpp-argparse
+  - pugixml
+  - CppInterOp
   run:
-    - CppInterOp
-    - "${{ pin_compatible('nlohmann_json', upper_bound='x.x.x') }}"
-    - "${{ pin_compatible('xeus', upper_bound='x.x') }}"
+  - CppInterOp
+  - ${{ pin_compatible('nlohmann_json', upper_bound='x.x.x') }}
+  - ${{ pin_compatible('xeus', upper_bound='x.x') }}
 
 tests:
-  - script:
-    - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.wasm
-    - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.data
-    - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.js
-    - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/kernel.json
-    - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/logo-32x32.png
-    - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/logo-64x64.png
+- script:
+  - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.wasm
+  - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.data
+  - test -f $PREFIX/bin/xcpp.js
+  - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/kernel.json
+  - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/logo-32x32.png
+  - test -f $PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/xcpp20/logo-64x64.png
 
 about:
   license: BSD-3-Clause
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@ about:
   repository: https://github.com/compiler-research/xeus-cpp
   documentation: https://github.com/compiler-research/xeus-cpp
   summary: |
-    xeus-cpp is a Jupyter kernel for C++
+    xeus-cpp is a Jupyter kernel for C++/C
   description: |
-    xeus-cpp is a Jupyter kernel for cpp based on the native implementation
+    xeus-cpp is a Jupyter kernel for cpp/c based on the native implementation
     of the Jupyter protocol xeus.
 
 extra:
   recipe-maintainers:
-    - alexander-penev
-    - vgvassilev
-    - DerThorsten
-    - anutosh491
+  - alexander-penev
+  - vgvassilev
+  - DerThorsten
+  - anutosh491