diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb80661..ce499b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
 
 [tool.rapids-build-backend]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies-file = "dependencies.yaml"
 build.verbose = true
 cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
 minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
-ninja.make-fallback = true
+ninja.make-fallback = false
 build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 wheel.packages = ["pynvjitlink"]