diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 0072ae4484b8d..671cbcc28259b 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "pugixml", version = "1.15", dev_dependency = True, repo_name =
 
 # Our `curl.BUILD` file uses these.
 bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.3.1.bcr.7")
-bazel_dep(name = "c-ares", version = "1.19.1.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_github_cares_cares")
+bazel_dep(name = "c-ares", version = "1.34.5", repo_name = "com_github_cares_cares")
 
 # Pin this to fix a break in bazel/deps-cache.py
 bazel_dep(name = "protoc-gen-validate", version = "1.2.1.bcr.1", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_envoyproxy_protoc_gen_validate")