diff --git a/c-ares/.footprint b/c-ares/.footprint
index 4ba10bc8e..4f4687a98 100644
--- a/c-ares/.footprint
+++ b/c-ares/.footprint
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/c-ares/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-release.cmake
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcares.so -> libcares.so.2
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcares.so.2 -> libcares.so.2.8.1
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libcares.so.2.8.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcares.so.2 -> libcares.so.2.9.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libcares.so.2.9.0
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_set_sortlist.3.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_strerror.3.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_svcb_param_t.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_threadsafety.3.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_timeout.3.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_match_t.3.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/ares_tlsa_selector_t.3.gz
diff --git a/c-ares/.signature b/c-ares/.signature
index d0d901369..20f116c97 100644
--- a/c-ares/.signature
+++ b/c-ares/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
-RWSE3ohX2g5d/f6bWM93W81NzKQYB15+Oyx58xFEgFEmYNzVA0C8hP/iwDFw6wyK4MIKmu9Gn6T27vWK+kz00EIYb6UJ9G7laA0=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = e99f46e8e9596cb5ec757525541273dd138929472d29098d13bbc9e12c85faa7
-SHA256 (.footprint) = aba773e44e05a986fe9ebea5b52de3058ba8c23f93784e9687234ffba2babbb6
-SHA256 (c-ares-1.22.1.tar.gz) = f67c180deb799c670d9dda995a18ce06f6c7320b6c6363ff8fa85b77d0da9db8
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/eEN9fMZVIYZihi6jZyBBo6qUame2fgluVGFJOKS8sANhOyrGX9XnqTFWhY8STWF9U1zmGc7sBnPkzautuOdHg8=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = b745353698a31b62e99829c22990dd57f9392a1cf8141da9fb60a55349ed054d
+SHA256 (.footprint) = f5f41df272012b11f2f4a5dd7d870f77339b879bce482229681799fc0125f991
+SHA256 (c-ares-1.23.0.tar.gz) = cb614ecf78b477d35963ebffcf486fc9d55cc3d3216f00700e71b7d4868f79f5
diff --git a/c-ares/Pkgfile b/c-ares/Pkgfile
index abcf4dfe3..eed57b916 100644
--- a/c-ares/Pkgfile
+++ b/c-ares/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
 
 name=c-ares
-version=1.22.1
+version=1.23.0
 release=1
 source=(https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/$name-$version.tar.gz)