diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.19.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.20.1.bb
similarity index 78%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.19.1.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.20.1.bb
index 1440d72711..85379dc40d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.19.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.20.1.bb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ SUMMARY = "c-ares is a C library that resolves names asynchronously."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fb997454c8d62aa6a47f07a8cd48b006"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fdbc58a6da11a9f68aa73c453818decc"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git;branch=main;protocol=https"
-SRCREV = "6360e96b5cf8e5980c887ce58ef727e53d77243a"
+SRCREV = "e8fe27eaa841ed32a4f82bef7a72c4e04e7f86a7"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "cares-(?P<pver>\d+_(\d_?)+)"