diff --git a/cli/pyproject.toml b/cli/pyproject.toml
index 636a90b75..db13ab504 100644
--- a/cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.3.3", "pybind11", "ninja ~= 1.11"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.3.3", "pybind11"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ description = "GraphAr command line tool"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "GraphAr community", email = "dev@graphar.apache.org" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
-dependencies = ["typer ~= 0.1", "pydantic ~= 2.0, < 2.7", "pyyaml ~= 6.0"]
+dependencies = [
+  "typer ~= 0.1",
+  "pydantic ~= 2.0, < 2.7",
+  "pyyaml ~= 6.0",
+  "ninja ~= 1.11",
+]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pandas ~= 2.0", "typing_extensions ~= 4.0"]