diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index 1c28d91e97..7bf4163e55 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256  7d935790e9af081c25c495fd13c2cfcda4792983418e96358ef6e7320ee06346  c-ares-1.34.5.tar.gz
+sha256  912dd7cc3b3e8a79c52fd7fb9c0f4ecf0aaa73e45efda880266a2d6e26b84ef5  c-ares-1.34.6.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  460f5e768fda3752ca2169a95df062578a10fb126bfd65f3b9b1a1bed2f84807  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
index 090147d0e9..1653b16c28 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.34.5
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.34.6
 C_ARES_SITE = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v$(C_ARES_VERSION)
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom