diff --git a/net/libcares/Makefile b/net/libcares/Makefile
index 983428b3e6cc..68936aaf9861 100644
--- a/net/libcares/Makefile
+++ b/net/libcares/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.28 2020/06/01 19:11:37 adam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.29 2020/11/23 15:47:19 wiz Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	c-ares-1.16.1
+DISTNAME=	c-ares-1.17.1
 PKGNAME=	${DISTNAME:S/c-/libc/1}
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/
diff --git a/net/libcares/PLIST b/net/libcares/PLIST
index 647927a0ccde..b5ade77755cd 100644
--- a/net/libcares/PLIST
+++ b/net/libcares/PLIST
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.13 2020/06/01 19:11:37 adam Exp $
+@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.14 2020/11/23 15:47:19 wiz Exp $
 bin/acountry
 bin/adig
 bin/ahost
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-noconfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
 lib/libcares.so
 lib/libcares.so.2
-lib/libcares.so.2.4.1
+lib/libcares.so.2.4.2
 lib/libcares_static.a
 lib/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
 man/man1/acountry.1
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ man/man3/ares_library_initialized.3
 man/man3/ares_mkquery.3
 man/man3/ares_parse_a_reply.3
 man/man3/ares_parse_aaaa_reply.3
+man/man3/ares_parse_caa_reply.3
 man/man3/ares_parse_mx_reply.3
 man/man3/ares_parse_naptr_reply.3
 man/man3/ares_parse_ns_reply.3
diff --git a/net/libcares/distinfo b/net/libcares/distinfo
index 34935f255178..938711731d9b 100644
--- a/net/libcares/distinfo
+++ b/net/libcares/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.21 2020/06/01 19:11:37 adam Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.22 2020/11/23 15:47:19 wiz Exp $
 
-SHA1 (c-ares-1.16.1.tar.gz) = 1111250ae1bf9adea1afc278ada1136091531d72
-RMD160 (c-ares-1.16.1.tar.gz) = 31e7f455f8e700f1879877a1f3d841b1ca395b90
-SHA512 (c-ares-1.16.1.tar.gz) = 4ac2a5d5c6da74eb1d6155c4eadc7127ab1b53a8d13caec41bd6172db5417a79f3ab022e77ba37d8b13da6893d7ced5fd8baf5cc3950a4154b4de8743ad31471
-Size (c-ares-1.16.1.tar.gz) = 1374637 bytes
+SHA1 (c-ares-1.17.1.tar.gz) = 431d5ff705db752f5d25e610827b7cb3653fc7ff
+RMD160 (c-ares-1.17.1.tar.gz) = 4e7f83785735951f2c22145743c238d78332f4cf
+SHA512 (c-ares-1.17.1.tar.gz) = b11887bcc9274d368088e1a8b6aca62414f20675cf0bc58e948f54fa04c327c39dd23cefe7509eec6397db14b550a3f6b77f5c18b3d735b3eef48ce2da1dcd00
+Size (c-ares-1.17.1.tar.gz) = 1518701 bytes