diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
index f24cc3624a..f46ef02aba 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256 b3612e6617d9682928a1d50c1040de4db6519f977f0b25d40cf1b632900b3efd c-ares-1.11.0.tar.gz
+sha256 8692f9403cdcdf936130e045c84021665118ee9bfea905d1a76f04d4e6f365fb c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
index 298fe41671..e817d4add5 100644
--- a/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
+++ b/package/c-ares/c-ares.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-C_ARES_VERSION = 1.11.0
+C_ARES_VERSION = 1.12.0
 C_ARES_SITE = http://c-ares.haxx.se/download
 C_ARES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 C_ARES_CONF_OPTS = --with-random=/dev/urandom