diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index c2897f6e44..ee097a53c9 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  de24a314844cb157909730828560628704f4f896d167dd7da0fa2fb93ea18b10  c-ares-1.20.1.tar.gz
+sha256  bed58c4f02b009080ebda6c2467ba469722ac6aebbf4497dc44a83d8c6194e50  c-ares-1.26.0.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  80fff25340df53b0cf0c3cddbca9050b559b9cbed2ad71830327cfef54959aef  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
index 586fde9afb..29da6baa4b 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.20.1
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.26.0
 C_ARES_SITE = http://c-ares.haxx.se/download
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom