diff --git a/build-haproxy.sh b/build-haproxy.sh
index c811e2a..0ddcb3c 100755
--- a/build-haproxy.sh
+++ b/build-haproxy.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 
-HAPROXY_VERSION=1.9.5
+HAPROXY_VERSION=1.9.7
 HAPROXY_URL=https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.9/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_VERSION}.tar.gz
 HAPROXY_SHA256_URL=${HAPROXY_URL}.sha256
 HAPROXY_SRC=/tmp/haproxy
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ make -C "$HAPROXY_SRC" -j "$(nproc)" all $HAPROXY_OPTIONS
 #
 # copy files to ansible
 #
+mkdir -p roles/haproxy/files/
 cp -r "$HAPROXY_SRC/examples/errorfiles" roles/haproxy/files/
 cp "$HAPROXY_SRC/haproxy" roles/haproxy/files/