diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares b/config/rootfiles/packages/c-ares
index 12a246147..cc09b90c1 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.2.19.7
+usr/lib/libcares.so.2.19.8
 #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 db68a8787..8efdb434a 100644
--- a/lfs/c-ares
+++ b/lfs/c-ares
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = Tools for asynchronous name resolves
 
-VER        = 1.34.8
+VER        = 1.34.9
 
 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    = 6
+PAK_VER    = 7
 
 DEPS       =
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = b5a88811d8ee6a0c06737746a356bc1fc7c13416b11a0af3a2e6cab092d97adebb93234cf73b97a12b06b764f8562272a793961dc3367024c4322d923ac43f9f
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = b708d8e302f7b2b8dcd9a30b9faa0864506990ced276ad4718b2cc3bbabbd548dcf3493033e777787089ba58c60e65f84d6ff47097a93cf1f3367490a3b00ee8
 
 install : $(TARGET)