diff --git a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
index 61b4f1542c..944167b6d6 100644
--- a/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/misc/c-ares/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +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="8c20b2680099ac73861a780c731edd59e010383a" type="targz">http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.11.0.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="8abfce61d2d788fb60a3441d05275162a460cbed" type="targz">http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz</Archive>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="4">
+            <Date>2018-08-29</Date>
+            <Version>1.12.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Version Bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="3">
             <Date>2018-04-24</Date>
             <Version>1.11.0</Version>