diff --git a/manifest.toml b/manifest.toml
index fff4f6f..3e4edec 100644
--- a/manifest.toml
+++ b/manifest.toml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ ram.runtime = "200M"
     autoupdate.strategy = "latest_github_release"
 
     [resources.sources.libheif]
-    url = "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v1.12.0/libheif-1.12.0.tar.gz"
-    sha256 = "e1ac2abb354fdc8ccdca71363ebad7503ad731c84022cf460837f0839e171718"
+    url = "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v1.17.6/libheif-1.17.6.tar.gz"
+    sha256 = "8390baf4913eda0a183e132cec62b875fb2ef507ced5ddddc98dfd2f17780aee"
 
     autoupdate.strategy = "latest_github_release"
     autoupdate.upstream = "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif"
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ ram.runtime = "200M"
         "libheif-dev",
         "build-essential",
         "pkg-config",
-        "autoconf",
-        "automake",
+        "cmake",
+        "ninja-build",
         "libx265-dev",
         "libde265-dev",
         "libaom-dev",
diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 1ce2711..886c10b 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ function build_libheif {
     export GOCACHE="$install_dir/build/.cache"
 
     pushd "$install_dir/libheif" || ynh_die
-        # mkdir -p "$install_dir/local"
-        # chown -R $app:$app "$install_dir/local"
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" ./autogen.sh 2>&1
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" ./configure --prefix="$install_dir/local" --disable-gdk-pixbuf 2>&1
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" make clean 2>&1
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" make 2>&1
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" make install 2>&1
-        ynh_exec_as "$app" make clean 2>&1
+        ynh_exec_as "$app" mkdir build
+        pushd build
+            ynh_exec_and_print_stderr_only_if_error ynh_exec_as "$app" \
+                cmake --preset=release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$install_dir/local" -DWITH_GDK_PIXBUF=OFF -G Ninja ..
+            ynh_exec_and_print_stderr_only_if_error ynh_exec_as "$app" \
+                ninja
+            ynh_exec_and_print_stderr_only_if_error ynh_exec_as "$app" \
+                ninja install
+        popd
     popd || ynh_die
 }