diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index 8dc84ada89..1c28d91e97 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  35410aa625cc9ee95b66475f54aea7c81c673fb63d75fad5eee267711503b72a  c-ares-1.34.2.tar.gz
+sha256  7d935790e9af081c25c495fd13c2cfcda4792983418e96358ef6e7320ee06346  c-ares-1.34.5.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 6685ade9d6..090147d0e9 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.34.2
-C_ARES_SITE = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.2
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.34.5
+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
 C_ARES_LICENSE = MIT