diff --git a/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh b/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
index 362858b8b..d05340e44 100755
--- a/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
+++ b/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ echo $VERSION_LINE  # Return Version Line
 # MKL
 DST=`dirname $0`
 OMP=0 
-VERSION_MATCH=20170908
-ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_lnx_2018.0.20170908.tgz
+VERSION_MATCH=20171007
+ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_lnx_2018.0.1.20171007.tgz
 MKL_CONTENT_DIR=`echo $ARCHIVE_BASENAME | rev | cut -d "." -f 2- | rev`
-GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=1.0.3
+GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=1.0.6
 
 MKLURL="https://github.com/intel/caffe/releases/download/$GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME"
 # there are diffrent MKL lib to be used for GCC and for ICC