diff --git a/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-c-ares/PKGBUILD
index d24374cfa2..7f85c0c45b 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}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=1.17.2
+pkgver=1.18.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source=(#"https://c-ares.org/download/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"{,.asc}
         0003-fix-cmake-targets.patch)
 validpgpkeys=('914C533DF9B2ADA2204F586D78E11C6B279D5C91'
               '27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2')
-sha256sums=('4803c844ce20ce510ef0eb83f8ea41fa24ecaae9d280c468c582d2bb25b3913d'
+sha256sums=('1a7d52a8a84a9fbffb1be9133c0f6e17217d91ea5a6fa61f6b4729cda78ebbcf'
             'SKIP'
             '787ce206f7956ecde7a5b61ae49701d6396d9869e05e5db335801f38b2af2ad9'
             'ce5810b35ea0f1cfbd5b5c8b5eea96f736d89750d0a68b9da413f4dea16119d8')