diff --git a/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.SlackBuild b/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.SlackBuild
index 028e7c1b26d..e3068a3cd82 100644
--- a/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=QMPlay2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-24.04.07}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-24.12.06}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -82,20 +82,20 @@ find -L . \
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_GENERATOR:INTERNAL=Ninja \
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
   -DLANGUAGES=All \
-  -DUSE_LINK_TIME_OPTIMIZATION=OFF \
   -DUSE_GLSLC=OFF \
   -DUSE_CHIPTUNE_SID=OFF \
   -DUSE_PCH=ON \
   -DUSE_GLSLC=OFF \
   -DUSE_GIT_VERSION=OFF \
   ..
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+"${NINJA:=ninja}"
+DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA install
 cd ..
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
diff --git a/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.info b/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.info
index 3e14eb292d7..5298d92fbec 100644
--- a/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.info
+++ b/multimedia/QMPlay2/QMPlay2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="QMPlay2"
-VERSION="24.04.07"
+VERSION="24.12.06"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases/download/24.04.07/QMPlay2-src-24.04.07.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="05a2792b0d54070ea0c13e718d9e7eb1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases/download/24.12.06/QMPlay2-src-24.12.06.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="b6846d84f06e33e562e227d6fe8cab68"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="libass libgme"