diff --git a/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py b/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
index 16afef63..0e73dbc2 100755
--- a/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
+++ b/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Download packages from github actions artifacts
+"""Download packages from appveyor artifacts
 """
 
 import os
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def main():
             )
             resp.raise_for_status()
             if not dest.parent.exists():
-                dest.parent.mkdir()
+                dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
 
             with dest.open("wb") as f:
                 f.write(resp.content)
diff --git a/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py b/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
index cd8003e5..0d0a0da5 100755
--- a/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
+++ b/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def main():
     dest = Path("packages")
     if not dest.exists():
         logger.info(f"creating dir {dest}")
-        dest.mkdir()
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True)
 
     for artifact in artifacts:
         logger.info(f"downloading {artifact['name']} archive")