diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index af1f076aab..edf891674b 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  1a7d52a8a84a9fbffb1be9133c0f6e17217d91ea5a6fa61f6b4729cda78ebbcf  c-ares-1.18.1.tar.gz
+sha256  bfceba37e23fd531293829002cac0401ef49a6dc55923f7f92236585b7ad1dd3  c-ares-1.19.0.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 0152759ebc..4332fc6919 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.18.1
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.19.0
 C_ARES_SITE = http://c-ares.haxx.se/download
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom