diff --git a/recipes/pywavelets/meta.yaml b/recipes/pywavelets/meta.yaml
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+package:
+  name: pywavelets
+  version: "1.9.0"
+
+build:
+  number: 1
+  backend-args:
+    - -Csetup-args=--cross-file
+    - -Csetup-args={MESON_CROSS_FILE}
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - ninja
+    - meson
+    - cython
+  host:
+    - numpy ^2.0.0
diff --git a/recipes/pywavelets/tests/test_pywavelets.py b/recipes/pywavelets/tests/test_pywavelets.py
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+import numpy as np
+
+
+def test_dwt_roundtrip():
+    """dwt/idwt round-trip -> exercises the _dwt extension + c_wt convolution."""
+    import pywt
+
+    x = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, 64)
+    ca, cd = pywt.dwt(x, "db2")
+    y = pywt.idwt(ca, cd, "db2")
+    assert np.allclose(x, y[: len(x)])
+
+
+def test_wavedec_multilevel():
+    """wavedec/waverec multilevel -> exercises the _pywt wavelet objects."""
+    import pywt
+
+    x = np.sin(np.linspace(0.0, 8.0 * np.pi, 128))
+    coeffs = pywt.wavedec(x, "haar", level=3)
+    assert len(coeffs) == 4
+    y = pywt.waverec(coeffs, "haar")
+    assert np.allclose(x, y[: len(x)])
+
+
+def test_swt():
+    """Stationary wavelet transform -> exercises the _swt extension."""
+    import pywt
+
+    x = np.arange(32, dtype=np.float64)
+    coeffs = pywt.swt(x, "db1", level=2)
+    assert len(coeffs) == 2
+    y = pywt.iswt(coeffs, "db1")
+    assert np.allclose(x, y)
+
+
+def test_cwt_complex_wavelet():
+    """cwt with a complex Morlet -> exercises the _cwt extension and the
+    C99 complex code paths in the vendored C library."""
+    import pywt
+
+    t = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0, 200)
+    x = np.sin(40.0 * np.pi * t)
+    coefs, freqs = pywt.cwt(x, np.arange(1, 16), "cmor1.5-1.0")
+    assert coefs.shape == (15, 200)
+    assert np.iscomplexobj(coefs)
+    assert np.isfinite(coefs).all()
+    assert len(freqs) == 15