diff --git a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
index dfe3b085fdf..060d4ee1e99 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
 minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
-ninja.make-fallback = true
+ninja.make-fallback = false
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["cugraph"]
 
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml
index 128b9ce7af8..9d85bfa5dac 100644
--- a/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
 minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
-ninja.make-fallback = true
+ninja.make-fallback = false
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["libcugraph"]
 wheel.install-dir = "libcugraph"
diff --git a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
index ac124e1fd5f..3c50a79bfa3 100644
--- a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
 minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
-ninja.make-fallback = true
+ninja.make-fallback = false
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["pylibcugraph"]