diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 22fd90dd9e..4fa503236b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -2763,6 +2763,7 @@ bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::WriteDyndepFile(
         // `cmNinjaTargetGenerator::ExportObjectCompileCommand` to generate the
         // corresponding file path.
         cmGeneratedFileStream mmf(cmStrCat(object.PrimaryOutput, ".modmap"));
+        mmf.SetCopyIfDifferent(true);
         mmf << mm;
       }
 
@@ -2852,6 +2853,7 @@ bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::WriteDyndepFile(
   }
 
   cmGeneratedFileStream tmf(target_mods_file);
+  tmf.SetCopyIfDifferent(true);
   tmf << target_module_info;
 
   cmDyndepMetadataCallbacks cb;
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 9c75cd68d9..58248fc9cb 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -814,6 +814,11 @@ void cmNinjaTargetGenerator::WriteCompileRule(const std::string& lang,
     // dyndep rules
     rule.RspFile = "$out.rsp";
     rule.RspContent = "$in";
+    // Ninja's collator writes all outputs using `cmGeneratedFileStream`, so
+    // they are only updated if contents actually change. Avoid running
+    // dependent jobs if the contents don't change by telling `ninja` to check
+    // the timestamp again.
+    rule.Restat = "1";
 
     // Run CMake dependency scanner on the source file (using the preprocessed
     // source if that was performed).