diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3a496c9..4fff247 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Pin Windows to 2022 (VS2022); windows-latest moved to VS2026,
-        # which classic scikit-build does not yet support.
-        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14, windows-2022]
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14, windows-latest]
         session: [dist, test]
 
     name: ${{ matrix.session }} on ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
diff --git a/projects/hello-cmake-package/pyproject.toml b/projects/hello-cmake-package/pyproject.toml
index 10aff4e..053974f 100644
--- a/projects/hello-cmake-package/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hello-cmake-package/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "scikit-build",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake>=3.14",
     "ninja",
     "pybind11>=2.12"
diff --git a/projects/hello-cpp/pyproject.toml b/projects/hello-cpp/pyproject.toml
index 6a895b8..ced70ca 100644
--- a/projects/hello-cpp/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hello-cpp/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake>=3.18",
     "ninja",
 ]
diff --git a/projects/hello-cython/pyproject.toml b/projects/hello-cython/pyproject.toml
index 94e9c96..38a9b85 100644
--- a/projects/hello-cython/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hello-cython/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake>=3.18",
     "ninja",
     "cython",
diff --git a/projects/hello-pure/pyproject.toml b/projects/hello-pure/pyproject.toml
index 6a895b8..ced70ca 100644
--- a/projects/hello-pure/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hello-pure/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake>=3.18",
     "ninja",
 ]
diff --git a/projects/hello-pybind11/pyproject.toml b/projects/hello-pybind11/pyproject.toml
index 76b5984..48b70d6 100644
--- a/projects/hello-pybind11/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hello-pybind11/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake",
     "ninja",
 ]
diff --git a/projects/pen2-cython/pyproject.toml b/projects/pen2-cython/pyproject.toml
index 9886755..a87820a 100644
--- a/projects/pen2-cython/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/pen2-cython/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "scikit-build>=0.19.1",
     "cmake>=3.18",
     "ninja",
     "cython",