diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares b/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares
index 38891e2b5..12a246147 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares
+++ b/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libcares.la
 #usr/lib/libcares.so
 usr/lib/libcares.so.2
-usr/lib/libcares.so.2.19.4
+usr/lib/libcares.so.2.19.7
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
 #usr/share/man/man3/ares_cancel.3
 #usr/share/man/man3/ares_create_query.3
diff --git a/lfs/c-ares b/lfs/c-ares
index 612fb54a7..db68a8787 100644
--- a/lfs/c-ares
+++ b/lfs/c-ares
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = Tools for asynchronous name resolves
 
-VER        = 1.34.5
+VER        = 1.34.8
 
 THISAPP    = c-ares-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = c-ares
-PAK_VER    = 5
+PAK_VER    = 6
 
 DEPS       =
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 5e8c262acf07cb387294170bba53618db1768436a3f7bf800eb31cf7b02ef8afc737122126c742424d4675f8c4944c730b8ba84028e6cee6bf65026cd2eeb56c
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = b5a88811d8ee6a0c06737746a356bc1fc7c13416b11a0af3a2e6cab092d97adebb93234cf73b97a12b06b764f8562272a793961dc3367024c4322d923ac43f9f
 
 install : $(TARGET)