diff --git a/network/misc/c-ares/actions.py b/network/misc/c-ares/actions.py
index 59d17080d9..ae8ec4e05f 100644
--- a/network/misc/c-ares/actions.py
+++ b/network/misc/c-ares/actions.py
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
-# See the file http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+# See the file https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
 
-from pisi.actionsapi import pisitools
-from pisi.actionsapi import cmaketools
-from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
-from pisi.actionsapi import get
+from pisi.actionsapi import cmaketools, mesontools, pisitools
 
+i = ''.join([
+    ' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release',
+    ' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr',
+    ' -Bbuild -G Ninja -L '
+    ])
 
 def setup():
-    shelltools.export("CXXFLAGS", get.CXXFLAGS().replace("-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2", ""))
-    shelltools.export("CFLAGS", get.CFLAGS().replace("-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2", ""))
-    cmaketools.configure()
+    cmaketools.configure(i)
 
 def build():
-    cmaketools.make()
+    mesontools.build()
 
 def install():
-    cmaketools.install()
+    mesontools.install()
 
-    pisitools.dodoc("AUTHORS", "README*", "NEWS", "CHANGES", "RELEASE-NOTES", "LICENSE.md")
+    pisitools.dodoc("AUTHORS", "LICENSE.md")
diff --git a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
index 7f2cc68f10..8a9efd80da 100644
--- a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE PISI SYSTEM "http://www.pisilinux.org/projeler/pisi/pisi-spec.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE PISI SYSTEM "https://pisilinux.org/projeler/pisi/pisi-spec.dtd">
 <PISI>
     <Source>
         <Name>c-ares</Name>
-        <Homepage>https://c-ares.haxx.se/</Homepage>
+        <Homepage>https://c-ares.org/</Homepage>
         <Packager>
             <Name>PisiLinux Community</Name>
             <Email>admins@pisilinux.org</Email>
         </Packager>
-        <License>as-is</License>
+        <License>MIT</License>
         <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="9e2a99af58d163d084db6fcebb2165a960bdd1af" type="targz">https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.18.1.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="aae099416701afd6eb8da4bdcb563ace54ef4a2f" type="targz">https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.4/c-ares-1.34.4.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>ninja</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>
             <Path fileType="man">/usr/share/man</Path>
-            <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc/c-ares/*</Path>
+            <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>
         </Files>
     </Package>
 
@@ -36,12 +37,19 @@
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include</Path>
-            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib/cmake</Path>
-            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib/pkgconfig</Path>
+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/lib/cmake</Path>
+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/lib/pkgconfig</Path>
         </Files>
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="8">
+            <Date>2025-01-30</Date>
+            <Version>1.34.4</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="7">
             <Date>2022-10-22</Date>
             <Version>1.18.1</Version>