diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index e1cf9f657a..8dc84ada89 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  072ff6b30b9682d965b87eb9b77851dc1cd8e6d8090f6821a56bd8fa89595061  c-ares-1.32.2.tar.gz
+sha256  35410aa625cc9ee95b66475f54aea7c81c673fb63d75fad5eee267711503b72a  c-ares-1.34.2.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
-sha256  8a9994f85a8e531e1a3217ab7ba509787c6b93056aabe702137ce662db8321c2  LICENSE.md
+sha256  460f5e768fda3752ca2169a95df062578a10fb126bfd65f3b9b1a1bed2f84807  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
index 4b7342cadb..6685ade9d6 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.32.2
-C_ARES_SITE = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.32.2
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.34.2
+C_ARES_SITE = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.2
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom
 C_ARES_LICENSE = MIT