diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62bf059..179afe5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 *
 !/conda-forge.yml
 
-# Don't ignore any subfolders if the parent folder is 'un-ignored'
-!/*/
+# 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/**
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 57c8085..408b7ff 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "3.30.4" %}
+{% set version = "3.31.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: conda-smithy
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-smithy/releases/download/v{{ version }}/conda-smithy-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 4a0373e84316cf4bb711779a258a200f778daf3e6cfc51cae8a5df383e3383dd
+  sha256: fb01cbecadffd3a7d8b7c9a9d65e76a87579fa0a9957906306032ff93ce902ee
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ requirements:
     - python >=3.6
     - setuptools
     - conda >=4.2
-    - conda-build >=3.18.3
+    - conda-build >=24.1.0
     - conda-package-handling >=1.9.0
     - jinja2
     - requests