diff --git a/recipe/bld.bat b/recipe/bld.bat
index 1a90b99..1e574f8 100644
--- a/recipe/bld.bat
+++ b/recipe/bld.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+cmake %CMAKE_ARGS% -G Ninja -LAH -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B tmp-build .
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+cmake --build tmp-build --parallel %CPU_COUNT%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
 %PYTHON% -m pip install . -vv
 if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index 546e19a..a318b58 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} -LAH -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B tmp-build .
+cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} -G Ninja -LAH -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B tmp-build .
 cmake --build tmp-build --parallel ${CPU_COUNT}
 
 $PYTHON -m pip install . -vv
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index e4ae9fb..cf87986 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ source:
     - clang.patch
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   python_version_independent: true  # [is_abi3]
   skip: true  # [is_abi3 and not is_python_min]
   entry_points:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ requirements:
     - {{ stdlib("c") }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
     - cmake
-    - make  # [unix]
+    - ninja
   host:
     - python
     - python-abi3  # [is_abi3]