diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6b1cff2..b3035e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         activate-environment: mlbridge
         environment-file: mlbridge.yml
     - name: Install other dependencies and build
-      run: bash .github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh release
+      run: bash .github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh Release
     - name: Setup Conda dependencies
       uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh b/.github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh
index c02a2fe..f19a3be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlbridge_build.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ pushd cmake/build
 cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
 	-DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$MY_INSTALL_DIR \
+	-DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=OFF \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
+	-G Ninja \
 	../..
-make -j
-make install
+ninja
+ninja install
 popd
 
 # Setup ONNXRuntime
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ if [[ -z "$BUILD" ]]; then
 fi
 
 cmake \
-	-G "Unix Makefiles" \
+	-G Ninja \
 	-S $REPO_DIR \
 	-B $REPO_DIR/build_${BUILD,,} \
 	-DONNXRUNTIME_ROOTDIR=$HOME/onnxruntime-linux-x64-1.16.3 \
@@ -46,4 +49,5 @@ cmake \
 	-DPYTHON_UTILITIES_DIRECTORY=$REPO_DIR/test \
 	-DMLBRIDGE_ENABLE_TEST=ON
 
-make -j -C $REPO_DIR/build_${BUILD,,} install
+cd $REPO_DIR/build_${BUILD,,}
+ninja install