diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb74f9ca..50d05828 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,13 +79,16 @@ endif()
 # ============
 
 set(xtl_REQUIRED_VERSION 0.7.0)
-set(xeus_REQUIRED_VERSION 3.0.5)
+set(xeus_REQUIRED_VERSION 3.2.0)
 
 if (NOT TARGET xtl)
     find_package(xtl ${xtl_REQUIRED_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 if (NOT TARGET xeus AND NOT TARGET xeus-static)
     find_package(xeus ${xeus_REQUIRED_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+    if (xeus_FOUND)
+        message(STATUS "Found compatible xeus version: ${xeus_VERSION}")
+    endif()
 endif ()
 
 set(CppInterOp_REQUIRED_VERSION 1.3.0)
diff --git a/environment-wasm-host.yml b/environment-wasm-host.yml
index 89cd58cb..37304638 100644
--- a/environment-wasm-host.yml
+++ b/environment-wasm-host.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - nlohmann_json
   - xeus-lite <2.0
-  - xeus >=3.0.5,<4.0
+  - xeus >=3.2.0,<4.0
   - xtl >=0.7,<0.8
   - CppInterOp>=1.3.0
   - cpp-argparse