diff --git a/dub.selections.json b/dub.selections.json
index 3a781587d..b10e96e0b 100644
--- a/dub.selections.json
+++ b/dub.selections.json
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 		"botan": "1.12.19",
 		"botan-math": "1.0.3",
 		"diet-ng": "1.8.1",
-		"eventcore": "0.9.27",
+		"eventcore": "0.9.30",
 		"libasync": "0.8.6",
 		"libev": "5.0.0+4.04",
 		"libevent": "2.0.2+2.0.16",
 		"memutils": "1.0.10",
 		"mir-linux-kernel": "1.0.1",
 		"openssl": "3.3.3",
-		"openssl-static": "1.0.2+3.0.8",
+		"openssl-static": "1.0.5+3.0.8",
 		"stdx-allocator": "2.77.5",
-		"taggedalgebraic": "0.11.22",
-		"vibe-container": "1.0.1",
-		"vibe-core": "2.7.1",
-		"vibe-d": "0.9.7"
+		"taggedalgebraic": "0.11.23",
+		"vibe-container": "1.3.1",
+		"vibe-core": "2.8.5",
+		"vibe-d": "0.9.8"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index 3959df615..0ca58c29e 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ config    /etc/ldc2.conf (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 
 	void prepareBuildSettings(ref BuildSettings settings, const scope ref BuildPlatform platform, BuildSetting fields = BuildSetting.all) const
 	{
-		import std.format : format;
 		enforceBuildRequirements(settings);
 
 		// Keep the current dflags at the end of the array so that they will overwrite other flags.
@@ -118,9 +117,6 @@ config    /etc/ldc2.conf (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 					settings.addDFlags(t[1]);
 		}
 
-		// since LDC always outputs multiple object files, avoid conflicts by default
-		settings.addDFlags("--oq", format("-od=%s/obj", settings.targetPath));
-
 		if (!(fields & BuildSetting.versions)) {
 			settings.addDFlags(settings.versions.map!(s => "-d-version="~s)().array());
 			settings.versions = null;
@@ -241,7 +237,17 @@ config    /etc/ldc2.conf (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 			case TargetType.executable: break;
 			case TargetType.library:
 			case TargetType.staticLibrary:
-				settings.addDFlags("-lib");
+				// -oq: name object files uniquely (so the files don't collide)
+				settings.addDFlags("-lib", "-oq");
+				// -cleanup-obj (supported since LDC v1.1): remove object files after archiving to static lib
+				if (platform.frontendVersion >= 2071) {
+					settings.addDFlags("-cleanup-obj");
+				}
+				if (platform.frontendVersion < 2095) {
+					// Since LDC v1.25, -cleanup-obj defaults to a unique temp -od directory
+					// We need to resort to a unique-ish -od directory before that
+					settings.addDFlags("-od=" ~ settings.targetPath ~ "/obj");
+				}
 				break;
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				settings.addDFlags("-shared");
diff --git a/source/dub/version_.d b/source/dub/version_.d
index 439fb852d..ae956a60e 100644
--- a/source/dub/version_.d
+++ b/source/dub/version_.d
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 module dub.version_;
-enum dubVersion = "v1.38.0";
+enum dubVersion = "v1.38.1-rc.1";
diff --git a/test/removed-dub-obj.sh b/test/removed-dub-obj.sh
index 1334f8b3d..d767b43e3 100755
--- a/test/removed-dub-obj.sh
+++ b/test/removed-dub-obj.sh
@@ -3,19 +3,14 @@
 . $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
 cd ${CURR_DIR}/removed-dub-obj
 
-DUB_CACHE_PATH="$HOME/.dub/cache/removed-dub-obj/"
+DUB_CACHE_PATH="$HOME/.dub/cache/removed-dub-obj"
 
-rm -rf $DUB_CACHE_PATH
+rm -rf "$DUB_CACHE_PATH"
 
 ${DUB} build --compiler=${DC}
 
-[ -d "$DUB_CACHE_PATH/obj" ] && die $LINENO "$DUB_CACHE_PATH/obj was found"
+[ -d "$DUB_CACHE_PATH" ] || die $LINENO "$DUB_CACHE_PATH not found"
 
-if [[ ${DC} == *"ldc"* ]]; then
-    if [ ! -f $DUB_CACHE_PATH/~master/build/library-*/obj/test.o* ]; then
-        ls -lR $DUB_CACHE_PATH
-        die $LINENO '$DUB_CACHE_PATH/~master/build/library-*/obj/test.o* was not found'
-    fi
-fi
-
-exit 0
+numObjectFiles=$(find "$DUB_CACHE_PATH" -type f -iname '*.o*' | wc -l)
+# note: fails with LDC < v1.1
+[ "$numObjectFiles" -eq 0 ] || die $LINENO "Found left-over object files in $DUB_CACHE_PATH"