diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.26.0.bb
similarity index 85%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.26.0.bb
index 3b3b2b83feb..450d466f496 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.26.0.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fdbc58a6da11a9f68aa73c453818decc"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://c-ares.org/download/c-ares-1.24.0.tar.gz \
+SRC_URI = "https://c-ares.org/download/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://run-ptest"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c517de6d5ac9cd55a9b72c1541c3e25b84588421817b5f092850ac09a8df5103"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bed58c4f02b009080ebda6c2467ba469722ac6aebbf4497dc44a83d8c6194e50"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ""