diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-pycares/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-pycares/PKGBUILD
index 15081cf962..cab27e93c2 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-pycares/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-pycares/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 _realname=pycares
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-${_realname}")
-pkgver=4.4.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=4.5.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Python interface for c-ares (mingw-w64)'
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ checkdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-idna")
 optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-idna")
 options=('!strip')
 source=("https://pypi.org/packages/source/${_realname::1}/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('f47579d508f2f56eddd16ce72045782ad3b1b3b678098699e2b6a1b30733e1c2')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
-
-}
+sha256sums=('025b6c2ffea4e9fb8f9a097381c2fecb24aff23fbd6906e70da22ec9ba60e19d')
 
 build() {
   cp -r "${_realname}-${pkgver}" "python-build-${MSYSTEM}" && cd "python-build-${MSYSTEM}"