diff --git a/prepare_mkl.sh b/prepare_mkl.sh
index 139a7aadbe2b..97a1e49236f2 100755
--- a/prepare_mkl.sh
+++ b/prepare_mkl.sh
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ MXNET_ROOT=`dirname $0`
 USE_MKLML=0
 # NOTE: if you update the following line, please also update the dockerfile at
 # tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.mkl
-VERSION_MATCH=20170720
+VERSION_MATCH=20170908
 PLATFORM=$(uname)
 if [ $PLATFORM == "Darwin" ]; then
     INFIX=mac
 elif [ $PLATFORM == "Linux" ]; then
     INFIX=lnx
 fi
-ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_${INFIX}_2018.0.20170720.tgz
+ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_${INFIX}_2018.0.20170908.tgz
 MKL_CONTENT_DIR=`echo $ARCHIVE_BASENAME | rev | cut -d "." -f 2- | rev`
 MKLURL="https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/releases/download/v0.10/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME"
 # there are diffrent MKL lib to be used for GCC and for ICC
diff --git a/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.mklml_gpu b/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.mklml_gpu
index 36f51c2f1391..185681cb5293 100644
--- a/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.mklml_gpu
+++ b/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.mklml_gpu
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN /install/ubuntu_install_python.sh
 COPY install/ubuntu_install_scala.sh /install/
 RUN /install/ubuntu_install_scala.sh
 
-RUN wget --no-check-certificate -O /tmp/mklml.tgz https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/releases/download/v0.10/mklml_lnx_2018.0.20170720.tgz
+RUN wget --no-check-certificate -O /tmp/mklml.tgz https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/releases/download/v0.10/mklml_lnx_2018.0.20170908.tgz
 RUN tar -zxvf /tmp/mklml.tgz && cp -rf mklml_*/* /usr/local/ && rm -rf mklml_*
 
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/lib