diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index bdd96db7026..95c3f6a1338 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=2389d2b093493c568deda190ffc326ff2b835169
-md5=545e80b50deb4efa46f14d0a543ba98f
-cksum=169905223
+sha1=9efe8fb5bde503598ca8fa9c88c8264142a629e0
+md5=7cb1bc053cc00a1f91a0d46b90ab487a
+cksum=3260934064
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 033bf42aaae..de50cc1e901 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-73e52a419812253c3c3ce72bab7f1a5ddf4c0461
+706e0de188dd8706317e5bc5175db4ea19ebc22f
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ninja_build/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/ninja_build/spkg-configure.m4
index fb6c4f00985..5b83d189801 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ninja_build/spkg-configure.m4
+++ b/build/pkgs/ninja_build/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE(
         dnl meson_python needs 1.8.2 or later
         AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ninja >= 1.8.2], [ac_cv_path_NINJA], [
         AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK([NINJA], [ninja], [
+            dnl support both two- and three-component version schemes
+            dnl since samurai (a ninja alternative) uses two
             ninja_version=`$ac_path_NINJA --version 2>&1 \
-                | $SED -n -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\).*/\1/p'`
+                | $SED -n -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\(\.[[0-9]]*\)\{1,2\}\).*/\1/p'`
             AS_IF([test -n "$ninja_version"], [
                 AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$ninja_version], [ge], [1.8.2], [
                     ac_cv_path_NINJA="$ac_path_NINJA"