diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index bcd2032d..268d6bb2 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # and get better caching performance. This only concerns dependencies that are
 # not available via wheels on PyPI (i.e., only as source distributions).
 BUILD_REQUIREMENTS = [
-    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.8.1",
+    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10.1",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
     "pybind11>=2.13",
     "wheel>=0.40",  # transitive dependency of pytest on Windows
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2bb2b21f..7e50b17b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.8.1", "setuptools-scm>=7", "pybind11>=2.13"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.10.1", "setuptools-scm>=7", "pybind11>=2.13"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ Discussions = "https://github.com/cda-tum/mqt-qcec/discussions"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 # Protect the configuration against future changes in scikit-build-core
-minimum-version = "0.8.1"
+minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
 
 # Set the wheel install directory
 wheel.install-dir = "mqt/qcec"
 
-# Set required CMake and Ninja versions
-cmake.version = ">=3.19"
+# Set required Ninja version
 ninja.version = ">=1.10"
 
 # Setuptools-style build caching in a local directory
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 wheel.packages = ["src/mqt"]
 
 # Only build the Python bindings target
-cmake.targets = ["pyqcec"]
+build.targets = ["pyqcec"]
 
 # Only install the Python package component
 install.components = ["mqt-qcec_Python"]