diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.34.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.34.5.bb
index 8204f25cdb..b434886311 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.34.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.34.5.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-DCARES_BUILD_TESTS=ON,-DCARES_BUILD_TESTS=OFF,googletest"
 
-inherit cmake manpages pkgconfig ptest
+inherit cmake manpages pkgconfig ptest github-releases
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DCARES_STATIC=${@ 'ON' if d.getVar('DISABLE_STATIC') == '' else 'OFF' }"