diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.27.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.28.1.bb
similarity index 88%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.27.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.28.1.bb
index ddd081e1151..bfb46a54bc5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.27.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.28.1.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fdbc58a6da11a9f68aa73c453818decc"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/cares-1_27_0/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/cares-1_28_1/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://run-ptest"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0a72be66959955c43e2af2fbd03418e82a2bd5464604ec9a62147e37aceb420b"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "675a69fc54ddbf42e6830bc671eeb6cd89eeca43828eb413243fd2c0a760809d"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ""