diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index 235b7dbc66..28657645df 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  d73dd0f6de824afd407ce10750ea081af47eba52b8a6cb307d220131ad93fc40  c-ares-1.17.1.tar.gz
+sha256  4803c844ce20ce510ef0eb83f8ea41fa24ecaae9d280c468c582d2bb25b3913d  c-ares-1.17.2.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  db4eb63fe09daebdf57d3f79b091bb5ee5070c0d761040e83264e648d307af4c  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
index 8f200237cf..3a7c6e0298 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.17.1
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.17.2
 C_ARES_SITE = http://c-ares.haxx.se/download
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom