diff --git a/libnd4j/CMakeLists.txt.mkldnn.in b/libnd4j/CMakeLists.txt.mkldnn.in
index 36c426053..224f5d50d 100644
--- a/libnd4j/CMakeLists.txt.mkldnn.in
+++ b/libnd4j/CMakeLists.txt.mkldnn.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(mkldnn-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(mkldnn
   GIT_REPOSITORY     https://github.com/intel/mkl-dnn.git
-  GIT_TAG           v1.2.2
+  GIT_TAG           v1.3
   SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mkldnn-src"
   BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mkldnn-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""