diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2e89a5fe1..89f25bce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
             cmake \
             gperf \
             libgmp-dev \
-            meson \
+            ninja \
             openjdk-8-jdk
 
       - name: Install Packages (macOS)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           brew install \
             gmp \
             gperf \
-            meson \
+            ninja \
             ${{ matrix.extra_macos_packages }}
           echo "LDFLAGS=-L$(brew --prefix)/lib $LDFLAGS" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "CFLAGS=-I$(brew --prefix)/include $CFLAGS" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m venv ./.venv
           source ./.venv/bin/activate
           python3 -m pip install Cython==0.29.*
-          python3 -m pip install pytest scikit-build toml pyparsing
+          python3 -m pip install \
+            pytest \
+            scikit-build \
+            toml \
+            pyparsing \
+            meson
           echo "$PWD/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Install Bison