diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/0001-ares_uri-memory-leak.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/0001-ares_uri-memory-leak.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d08651be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/0001-ares_uri-memory-leak.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+fix memory leak in ares_uri (#1012)
+Dynamic memory, referenced by 'outpath', is allocated at ares_uri.c:527
+by calling function 'ares_buf_create' and lost at ares_uri.c:536.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix The Cat (@F3lixTheCat)
+
+--
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/ee2a1c3eff3c8164b09123005f4b49c571788b59]
+
+--- a/src/lib/util/ares_uri.c	2025-08-10 15:59:17.501710307 -0400
++++ b/src/lib/util/ares_uri.c	2025-08-10 16:00:35.867494819 -0400
+@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
+   status = ares_buf_split_str_array(inpath, (const unsigned char *)"/", 1,
+                                     ARES_BUF_SPLIT_TRIM, 0, &arr);
+   if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
+-    return NULL;
++    goto done;
+   }
+ 
+   for (i = 0; i < (ares_ssize_t)ares_array_len(arr); i++) {
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 b6945f221d..8204f25cdb 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
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=d3e72a10e08191f2ca1be3f3228d78f3"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://0001-ares_uri-memory-leak.patch \
            file://run-ptest"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7d935790e9af081c25c495fd13c2cfcda4792983418e96358ef6e7320ee06346"