diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f4a8e4284d..098f6161b8 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
    <listitem>
      <para>May 22nd, 2023</para>
      <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[ken] - Update to c-ares-1.19.1 (Security fix). Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18077">#18077</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to icewm-3.3.5. Fixes
          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18068">#18068</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml b/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
index ae64cd2780..7588c8b55a 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY c-ares-download-http "https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-&c-ares-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY c-ares-md5sum        "2668790bc92603e292d0fbcb25ded39c">
-  <!ENTITY c-ares-size          "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY c-ares-buildsize     "11 MB">
+  <!ENTITY c-ares-md5sum        "dafc5825a92dc907e144570e4e75a908">
+  <!ENTITY c-ares-size          "1.6 MB">
+  <!ENTITY c-ares-buildsize     "12 MB">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 9939004a49..ef8190d2cc 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY wireshark-version            "4.0.5">  <!-- even minor versions only -->
 
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
-<!ENTITY c-ares-version               "1.19.0">
+<!ENTITY c-ares-version               "1.19.1">
 <!ENTITY curl-version                 "8.1.0">
 <!ENTITY geoclue2-version             "2.7.0">
 <!ENTITY glib-networking-minor        "2.76">