diff --git a/net/c-ares/Portfile b/net/c-ares/Portfile
index 78d275973068f..f4f8d1f5051bc 100644
--- a/net/c-ares/Portfile
+++ b/net/c-ares/Portfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PortSystem 1.0
 
 name             c-ares
-version          1.7.1
+version          1.7.3
 categories       net
 maintainers      toby
 description      asynchronous DNS library
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ homepage         http://c-ares.haxx.se/
 platforms        darwin
 license          MIT
 master_sites     ${homepage}
-checksums        md5 dc7e0f32e92613aed9aff233a6b69753 \
-                 sha1 401b3e4987b2a40ca0cb7b50b7deacd4a92d0ada \
-                 rmd160 7fe322ae022eff72ca488508882f29dd32475262
+checksums        md5 97ebef758804a6e9b6c0bc65d3c2c25a \
+                 sha1 ff1753b3636761ef93ea0e5ede2adb81300d9843 \
+                 rmd160 eeee973019361434e4a987d316304d8806d392d9
 configure.args   --mandir=${prefix}/share/man \
                  --enable-shared