diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b985034..fa0442c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "ninja-upstream"]
 	path = ninja-upstream
-	url = https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
+	url = https://github.com/Kitware/ninja.git
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8f437f2..d7580e4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Ninja Python Distributions
 
 `Ninja <http://www.ninja-build.org>`_ is a small build system with a focus on speed.
 
-The latest Ninja python wheels provide `ninja 1.13.0 <https://ninja-build.org/manual.html>`_ executable
+The latest Ninja python wheels provide `ninja 1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1 <https://ninja-build.org/manual.html>`_ executable
 and `ninja_syntax.py` for generating `.ninja` files.
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scikit-build/ninja-python-distributions/master/ninja-python-distributions-logo.png
diff --git a/docs/update_ninja_version.rst b/docs/update_ninja_version.rst
index 1335a75..117b066 100644
--- a/docs/update_ninja_version.rst
+++ b/docs/update_ninja_version.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Updating the Ninja version
 A developer should use the following steps to update the version ``X.Y.Z``
 of Ninja associated with the current Ninja python distributions.
 
-Available Ninja archives can be found `here <https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases>`_.
+Available Ninja archives can be found `here <https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/releases>`_.
 
 Nox prodedure
 -------------
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ Classic procedure:
 2. Execute `scripts/update_ninja_version.py` command line tool with the desired
    ``X.Y.Z`` Ninja version available for download. For example::
 
-    $ release=1.13.0
+    $ release=1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1
     $ python scripts/update_ninja_version.py ${release}
 
-    Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.gfb670.kitware.jobserver-1'
-    Downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.13.0.tar.gz
-    Downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.13.0.tar.gz - done
-    Downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.13.0.zip
-    Downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.13.0.zip - done
-    Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.gfb670.kitware.jobserver-1' - done
-    Updating 'NinjaUrls.cmake' with CMake version 1.13.0
-    Updating 'NinjaUrls.cmake' with CMake version 1.13.0 - done
+    Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.gfb670.kitware.jobserver-1'
+    Downloading https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1.tar.gz
+    Downloading https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1.tar.gz - done
+    Downloading https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1.zip
+    Downloading https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1.zip - done
+    Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.gfb670.kitware.jobserver-1' - done
+    Updating 'NinjaUrls.cmake' with CMake version 1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1
+    Updating 'NinjaUrls.cmake' with CMake version 1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1 - done
     Updating README.rst
     Updating README.rst - done
     Updating docs/update_ninja_version.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Classic procedure:
 3. Create a topic named `update-to-ninja-X.Y.Z` and commit the changes.
    For example::
 
-    release=1.13.0
+    release=1.12.1.ge64ce.kitware.jobserver-1.msvcdepfile-1
     git checkout -b update-to-ninja-${release}
     git add NinjaUrls.cmake README.rst docs/update_ninja_version.rst tests/test_ninja.py
     git commit -m "Update to Ninja ${release}"
diff --git a/ninja-upstream b/ninja-upstream
index b4d51f6..e64cee3 160000
--- a/ninja-upstream
+++ b/ninja-upstream
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b4d51f6ed5bed09dd2b70324df0d9cb4ecad2638
+Subproject commit e64cee3a0f0dd33039f4323b5ae4b857e63e00e7
diff --git a/tests/test_ninja.py b/tests/test_ninja.py
index ae2cb75..2ddbffa 100644
--- a/tests/test_ninja.py
+++ b/tests/test_ninja.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from . import push_argv
 
+MSVC_DEPFILE = ".msvcdepfile-1" if sys.platform.startswith("win32") else ""
 
 def _run(program, args):
     func = getattr(ninja, program)
@@ -36,13 +37,13 @@ def test_ninja_module():
 
 
 def test_ninja_package():
-    expected_version = "1.13.0"
+    expected_version = f"1.12.1.git.kitware.jobserver-1{MSVC_DEPFILE}"
     output = subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-m", "ninja", "--version"]).decode("ascii")
     assert output.splitlines()[0] == expected_version
 
 
 def test_ninja_script():
-    expected_version = "1.13.0"
+    expected_version = f"1.12.1.git.kitware.jobserver-1{MSVC_DEPFILE}"
     scripts = _get_scripts()
     assert len(scripts) == 1
     assert scripts[0].stem == "ninja"