diff --git a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
index 2fb07efad8..ba4ad42854 100644
--- a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>A C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously</Summary>
         <Description>c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously. c-ares is a fork of the library named 'ares', written by Greg Hudson at MIT.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="74a50c02b7f051c4fb66c0f60f187350f196d908" type="targz">
-            https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.15.0.tar.gz
-        </Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="933d862f5877625003a212a7f825309af6517dea" type="targz">https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.17.2.tar.gz</Archive>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
@@ -39,6 +37,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="6">
+            <Date>2021-08-15</Date>
+            <Version>1.17.2</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="5">
             <Date>2019-07-04</Date>
             <Version>1.15.0</Version>