diff --git a/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD
index 5533004fcb..db4364aa1c 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 _realname=c-ares
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=1.27.0
+pkgver=1.28.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ source=(#"https://c-ares.org/download/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"{,.asc}
         0002-cares-pkgconfig-fix-paths-and-flags.patch)
 validpgpkeys=('914C533DF9B2ADA2204F586D78E11C6B279D5C91'
               '27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2') # Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
-sha256sums=('0a72be66959955c43e2af2fbd03418e82a2bd5464604ec9a62147e37aceb420b'
+sha256sums=('675a69fc54ddbf42e6830bc671eeb6cd89eeca43828eb413243fd2c0a760809d'
             'SKIP'
             '86e83d0677c8b53ced256eab53aa63e6bc665f1b935b849df7352109e89a3c0e')