diff --git a/tools/dependencies/openssl.sh b/tools/dependencies/openssl.sh
index 8e2372c9075a..78673a3ac84b 100755
--- a/tools/dependencies/openssl.sh
+++ b/tools/dependencies/openssl.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 # This script builds the static library of openssl that can be used as dependency of mxnet.
 set -ex
-OPENSSL_VERSION=1.0.2l
+OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1b
 if [[ ! -f $DEPS_PATH/lib/libssl.a ]] || [[ ! -f $DEPS_PATH/lib/libcrypto.a ]]; then
     # download and build openssl
     >&2 echo "Building openssl..."
diff --git a/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh b/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
index 472bf57b101e..927c15d1dabc 100755
--- a/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ if [[ $VARIANT == *mkl ]]; then
         MKLDNN_LIBFILE='libmkldnn.0.dylib'
     fi
     $MAKE DEPS_PATH=$DEPS_PATH mkldnn
+    if [ ! -d lib ]; then
+        mkdir lib
+    fi
     cp 3rdparty/mkldnn/build/install/lib/$IOMP_LIBFILE lib
     cp 3rdparty/mkldnn/build/install/lib/$MKLML_LIBFILE lib
     cp 3rdparty/mkldnn/build/install/lib/$MKLDNN_LIBFILE lib