diff --git a/mingw-w64-re2/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-re2/PKGBUILD
index 06322f059c..20adc15dd4 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-re2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-re2/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,28 +3,18 @@
 _realname=re2
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-_pkgver=2020-08-01
+_pkgver=2021-02-02
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="A fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python (mingw-w64)"
+pkgdesc="Fast, safe, thread-friendly regular expression engine (mingw-w64)."
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/google/re2"
 license=('custom')
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
-             "make"
-             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc")
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja")
 source=(${_realname}-${_pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/google/re2/archive/${_pkgver}.tar.gz)
-sha256sums=('6f4c8514249cd65b9e85d3e6f4c35595809a63ad71c5d93083e4d1dcdf9e0cd6')
-
-# Helper macros to help make tasks easier #
-apply_patch_with_msg() {
-  for _patch in "$@"
-  do
-    msg2 "Applying ${_patch}"
-    patch -Nbp1 -i "${srcdir}/${_patch}"
-  done
-}
+sha256sums=('1396ab50c06c1a8885fb68bf49a5ecfd989163015fd96699a180d6414937f33f')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${_pkgver}"
@@ -38,13 +28,13 @@ build() {
     _extra_config+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug")
   fi
 
-  msg2 "Build static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Build static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   [[ -d "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static" ]] && rm -rf "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static"
   mkdir -p "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static" && cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static"
 
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" \
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake \
-    -G "MSYS Makefiles" \
+    -G "Ninja" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     "${_extra_config[@]}" \
     -DRE2_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
@@ -53,13 +43,13 @@ build() {
 
 ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build ./
 
-  msg2 "Build shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Build shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   [[ -d "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared" ]] && rm -rf "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared"
   mkdir -p "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared" && cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared"
 
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" \
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake \
-    -G "MSYS Makefiles" \
+    -G "Ninja" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     "${_extra_config[@]}" \
     -DRE2_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
@@ -70,21 +60,21 @@ ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build ./
 }
 
 check() {
-  msg2 "Tests static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Tests static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static"
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/ctest ./ || true
 
-  msg2 "Tests shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Tests shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared"
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/ctest ./ || true
 }
 
 package() {
-  msg2 "Install static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Install static for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-static"
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build ./ --target install
 
-  msg2 "Install shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  echo "Install shared for ${MINGW_CHOST}"
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${MINGW_CHOST}-shared"
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build ./ --target install