diff --git a/src/Misc/externals.sh b/src/Misc/externals.sh
index 4a1254f33..5e86a75d3 100755
--- a/src/Misc/externals.sh
+++ b/src/Misc/externals.sh
@@ -55,13 +55,23 @@ function acquireExternalTool() {
             # Download from source to the partial file.
             echo "Downloading $download_source"
             mkdir -p "$(dirname "$download_target")" || checkRC 'mkdir'
+
+            CURL_VERSION=$(curl --version | awk 'NR==1{print $2}')
+            echo "Curl version: $CURL_VERSION"
+
             # curl -f Fail silently (no output at all) on HTTP errors (H)
             #      -k Allow connections to SSL sites without certs (H)
             #      -S Show error. With -s, make curl show errors when they occur
             #      -L Follow redirects (H)
             #      -o FILE    Write to FILE instead of stdout
             #      --retry 3   Retries transient errors 3 times (timeouts, 5xx)
-            curl -fkSL --retry 3 -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
+            if [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "7.71.0" "$CURL_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "7.71.0" ]]; then
+                # Curl version is less than or equal to 7.71.0, skipping retry-all-errors flag
+                 curl -fkSL --retry 3 -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
+            else
+                # Curl version is greater than 7.71.0, running curl with --retry-all-errors flag
+                 curl -fkSL --retry 3 --retry-all-errors -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
+            fi
 
             # Move the partial file to the download target.
             mv "$partial_target" "$download_target" || checkRC 'mv'