diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
index 46fc60d..a4fc336 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ pin_run_as_build:
     min_pin: x.x
     max_pin: x.x
 python:
-- 3.13.* *_cp313
+- 3.14.* *_cp314
 python_min:
-- '3.10'
+- '3.11'
diff --git a/recipe/173.patch b/recipe/173.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d211f..0000000
--- a/recipe/173.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From f31f2b9c82b135a2a5054c68a570a2c32ff7f2a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sherman Siu <s8siu@uwaterloo.ca>
-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:35:42 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Use new colored API
-
----
- spatialmath/baseposematrix.py | 14 +++++++-------
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/spatialmath/baseposematrix.py b/spatialmath/baseposematrix.py
-index 87071df3..469fae87 100644
---- a/spatialmath/baseposematrix.py
-+++ b/spatialmath/baseposematrix.py
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- # colored printing of matrices to the terminal
- #   colored package has much finer control than colorama, but the latter is available by default with anaconda
- try:
--    from colored import fg, bg, attr
-+    from colored import fore, back, style
- 
-     _colored = True
-     # print('using colored output')
-@@ -916,12 +916,12 @@ def color(c, f):
-                 else:
-                     return f(c)
- 
--            bgcol = color(self._bgcolor, bg)
--            trcol = color(self._transcolor, fg) + bgcol
--            rotcol = color(self._rotcolor, fg) + bgcol
--            constcol = color(self._constcolor, fg) + bgcol
--            indexcol = color(self._indexcolor[0], fg) + color(self._indexcolor[1], bg)
--            reset = attr(0)
-+            bgcol = color(self._bgcolor, back)
-+            trcol = color(self._transcolor, fore) + bgcol
-+            rotcol = color(self._rotcolor, fore) + bgcol
-+            constcol = color(self._constcolor, fore) + bgcol
-+            indexcol = color(self._indexcolor[0], fore) + color(self._indexcolor[1], back)
-+            reset = style(0)
-         else:
-             bgcol = ""
-             trcol = ""
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index df27c32..110d159 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "spatialmath-python" %}
-{% set version = "1.1.17" %}
+{% set version = "1.1.18" %}
 
 
 package:
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name.replace('-', '_') }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 911cc92c070a0d0c5afd5237e0df3a922470fc7e4bc4d034a65d47c8096e8cf8
-  patches:
-    - 173.patch
+  sha256: dfd265b93f5152c02eb8c05bfc8d5f820e76caa715acbdf7bb8f2d60a6ab22ec
 
 build:
   number: 0