diff --git a/3rdparty/mkldnn b/3rdparty/mkldnn
index f7c41dc7b547..416caf84f3a3 160000
--- a/3rdparty/mkldnn
+++ b/3rdparty/mkldnn
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f7c41dc7b5471ad8bf7905e459bbed27f9094caa
+Subproject commit 416caf84f3a3d4465220521400a5aa062e927e12
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1b722c655ff..52fc59a0e498 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ if(USE_MKLDNN)
   include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/3rdparty/mkldnn/include)
   add_definitions(-DMXNET_USE_MKLDNN=1)
   list(APPEND mxnet_LINKER_LIBS dnnl)
+  target_compile_features(dnnl PUBLIC cxx_std_11)  # build oneDNN with c++11
   set_target_properties(dnnl PROPERTIES CXX_CLANG_TIDY "")  # don't lint 3rdparty dependency
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/cpp/operator/mkldnn_test.cc b/tests/cpp/operator/mkldnn_test.cc
index 73b9d93e0752..2e34f7bdbbee 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/operator/mkldnn_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cpp/operator/mkldnn_test.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void VerifyDefMem(const mkldnn::memory &mem) {
 
 TEST(MKLDNN_UTIL_FUNC, MemFormat) {
   // Check whether the number of format is correct.
-  CHECK_EQ(mkldnn_format_tag_last, 168);
+  CHECK_EQ(mkldnn_format_tag_last, 205);
   CHECK_EQ(mkldnn_nchw, 5);
   CHECK_EQ(mkldnn_oihw, 5);
 }