diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 16dec60..7e0783f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: auto64
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: x86_64 arm64
           CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: auto64
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: yum install -y python3-devel
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: yum install -y ninja-build python3-devel
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_WINDOWS: choco install ninja
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_MACOS: brew install ninja
     - name: Upload package
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index a5da872..1b60a9c 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -1405,9 +1405,9 @@ packages:
   requires_python: '>=3.9'
 - kind: pypi
   name: fastcan
-  version: 0.1.36
+  version: 0.1.35
   path: .
-  sha256: 10d930879710e2b95072ea84e84506577978ee087bd4308b6d6f52f86c5e6f0d
+  sha256: 96b38db276d26749b4ed51a59710d5c2983c590dade95c80b9b9402be97f454d
   requires_dist:
   - scikit-learn>=1.5.0,<1.6
   - pytest ; extra == 'test'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2838f03..14aaf13 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type = ["mypy"]
 doc = ["furo"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["meson-python", "cython", "scikit-learn", "build", "ninja"]
+requires = ["meson-python", "cython", "scikit-learn", "build"]
 build-backend = "mesonpy"
 
 [tool.pixi.project]