diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index 04a87402e9..a24f3d72ea 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  d08312d0ecc3bd48eee0a4cc0d2137c9f194e0a28de2028928c0f6cae85f86ce  c-ares-1.16.1.tar.gz
+sha256  1cecd5dbe21306c7263f8649aa6e9a37aecb985995a3489f487d98df2b40757d  c-ares-1.17.0.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 f07a7e566f..d3510b3c81 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.16.1
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.17.0
 C_ARES_SITE = http://c-ares.haxx.se/download
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom