diff --git a/dns/c-ares/Makefile b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
index 35a1987e92b6d..2783fb31e9949 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	c-ares
-DISTVERSION=	1.19.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.20.1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/cares-${DISTVERSION:S/./_/g}/ \
 		https://c-ares.org/download/
diff --git a/dns/c-ares/distinfo b/dns/c-ares/distinfo
index bc13d970440b3..9e7d6a5b32a35 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/distinfo
+++ b/dns/c-ares/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1684780464
-SHA256 (c-ares-1.19.1.tar.gz) = 321700399b72ed0e037d0074c629e7741f6b2ec2dda92956abe3e9671d3e268e
-SIZE (c-ares-1.19.1.tar.gz) = 1579100
+TIMESTAMP = 1696801752
+SHA256 (c-ares-1.20.1.tar.gz) = de24a314844cb157909730828560628704f4f896d167dd7da0fa2fb93ea18b10
+SIZE (c-ares-1.20.1.tar.gz) = 1599175
diff --git a/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist b/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
index c1352da9584c8..1eda232570c72 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-bin/acountry
 bin/adig
 bin/ahost
 include/ares.h
@@ -13,9 +12,8 @@ lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
 lib/libcares.so
 lib/libcares.so.2
-lib/libcares.so.2.6.1
+lib/libcares.so.2.7.1
 libdata/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
-man/man1/acountry.1.gz
 man/man1/adig.1.gz
 man/man1/ahost.1.gz
 man/man3/ares_cancel.3.gz