diff --git a/c-ares/PKGBUILD b/c-ares/PKGBUILD
index fa3db5e9..f2ad8719 100644
--- a/c-ares/PKGBUILD
+++ b/c-ares/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkgbase="c-ares"
 pkgname=("libcares" "libcares-devel")
-pkgver=1.25.0
+pkgver=1.26.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously (libraries)"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license=("spdx:MIT")
 makedepends=("cmake" 'gcc')
 depends=("gcc-libs")
 source=("https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/cares-${pkgver//./_}/c-ares-${pkgver}.tar.gz"{,.asc})
-sha256sums=('71832b93a48f5ff579c505f4869120c14e57b783275367207f1a98314aa724e5'
+sha256sums=('bed58c4f02b009080ebda6c2467ba469722ac6aebbf4497dc44a83d8c6194e50'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=('27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2') # Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>