diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.linux.arm.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.linux.arm.yml
index 59d0eb0c..dd948a4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.linux.arm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.linux.arm.yml
@@ -50,17 +50,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build
         run: |
-          dnf -q -y install git gcc-c++ cmake gcc-toolset-9-gcc-c++ openssl-devel libcurl-devel
-          dnf -q -y install autoconf automake libtool
+          dnf -q -y install git gcc-c++ cmake gcc-toolset-9-gcc-c++
           source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/enable
           cmake -B build -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug        \
-                         -D PHOTON_ENABLE_ECOSYSTEM=ON    \
+                         -D PHOTON_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES=ON  \
                          -D PHOTON_BUILD_TESTING=ON       \
+                         -D PHOTON_ENABLE_ECOSYSTEM=ON    \
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_SASL=OFF        \
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_FUSE=OFF        \
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_URING=ON        \
-                         -D PHOTON_ENABLE_EXTFS=OFF       \
-                         -D PHOTON_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES=ON  \
-                         -D PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE=""      \
-                         -D PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE=""
-          cmake --build build -j $(nproc) -- VERBOSE=1
+                         -D PHOTON_ENABLE_EXTFS=OFF
+          cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
diff --git a/CMake/build-from-src.cmake b/CMake/build-from-src.cmake
index d1b12e4a..9e55c4e7 100644
--- a/CMake/build-from-src.cmake
+++ b/CMake/build-from-src.cmake
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ function(build_from_src [dep])
         ExternalProject_Add(
                 openssl
                 URL ${PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE}
-                URL_MD5 bad68bb6bd9908da75e2c8dedc536b29
+                URL_MD5 3f76825f195e52d4b10c70040681a275
                 UPDATE_DISCONNECTED ON
                 BUILD_IN_SOURCE ON
-                CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./config -fPIC --prefix=${BINARY_DIR} --openssldir=${BINARY_DIR} shared
-                BUILD_COMMAND make -j 1  # https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/5762#issuecomment-376622684
-                INSTALL_COMMAND make -j 1 install
+                CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./config -fPIC --prefix=${BINARY_DIR} --openssldir=${BINARY_DIR} no-shared
+                BUILD_COMMAND $(MAKE)
+                INSTALL_COMMAND $(MAKE) install
                 LOG_CONFIGURE ON
                 LOG_BUILD ON
                 LOG_INSTALL ON
@@ -104,26 +104,14 @@ function(build_from_src [dep])
         ExternalProject_Add(
                 curl
                 URL ${PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE}
-                URL_MD5 a66270f11e3fbfad709600bbd1686704
-                UPDATE_DISCONNECTED ON
-                BUILD_IN_SOURCE ON
-                CONFIGURE_COMMAND autoreconf -i COMMAND ./configure --with-ssl=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
-                    --without-libssh2 --enable-static --enable-shared=no --enable-optimize
-                    --disable-manual --without-libidn
-                    --disable-ftp --disable-file --disable-ldap --disable-ldaps
-                    --disable-rtsp --disable-dict --disable-telnet --disable-tftp
-                    --disable-pop3 --disable-imap --disable-smb --disable-smtp
-                    --disable-gopher --without-nghttp2 --enable-http --disable-verbose
-                    --with-pic=PIC --prefix=${BINARY_DIR}
-                BUILD_COMMAND $(MAKE)
-                INSTALL_COMMAND $(MAKE) install
-                DEPENDS openssl
-                LOG_CONFIGURE ON
-                LOG_BUILD ON
-                LOG_INSTALL ON
+                URL_MD5 1211d641ae670cebce361ab6a7c6acff
+                CMAKE_ARGS -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${BINARY_DIR}
+                    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DHTTP_ONLY=ON -DBUILD_CURL_EXE=OFF
+                    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         )
+        add_dependencies(curl openssl)
         set(CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${BINARY_DIR}/include PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(CURL_LIBRARIES ${BINARY_DIR}/lib/libcurl.a PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CURL_LIBRARIES ${BINARY_DIR}/lib64/libcurl.a PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif ()
 
     list(APPEND actually_built ${dep})
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2f6d252..6ac2a882 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ option(PHOTON_ENABLE_ECOSYSTEM "enable ecosystem" OFF)
 option(PHOTON_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES "" OFF)
 set(PHOTON_AIO_SOURCE "https://pagure.io/libaio/archive/libaio-0.3.113/libaio-0.3.113.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
 set(PHOTON_ZLIB_SOURCE "https://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/download/v1.2.13/zlib-1.2.13.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
-set(PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/archive/refs/heads/OpenSSL_1_0_2-stable.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
-set(PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE "https://github.com/curl/curl/archive/refs/tags/curl-7_42_1.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
+set(PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/OpenSSL_1_1_1w/openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
+set(PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-7_88_1/curl-7.88.1.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
 set(PHOTON_URING_SOURCE "https://github.com/axboe/liburing/archive/refs/tags/liburing-2.3.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "")
 set(PHOTON_FUSE_SOURCE "" CACHE STRING "")
 set(PHOTON_GSASL_SOURCE "" CACHE STRING "")
@@ -353,11 +353,9 @@ else ()
     )
 endif ()
 
-# Build test cases
+# Build examples and test cases
 if (PHOTON_BUILD_TESTING)
-    include_directories(photon_static ${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GOOGLETEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples-output)
-    link_libraries(${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES})
     add_subdirectory(examples)
 
     include(CTest)
@@ -367,7 +365,8 @@ if (PHOTON_BUILD_TESTING)
     add_library(ci-tools STATIC test/ci-tools.cpp)
     target_include_directories(ci-tools PRIVATE include)
 
-    link_libraries(${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES} ${GOOGLETEST_LIBRARIES} ci-tools)
+    target_include_directories(photon_shared PUBLIC ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GOOGLETEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(photon_shared PUBLIC ${CURL_LIBRARIES} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES} ${GOOGLETEST_LIBRARIES} ci-tools)
 
     add_subdirectory(common/checksum/test)
     add_subdirectory(common/test)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index cf82f5d3..e2e278ee 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+link_libraries(${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES})
+include_directories(${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
 add_executable(simple-example simple/simple.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(simple-example PRIVATE photon_static)