diff --git a/_versions.sh b/_versions.sh
index be10438e5..fc58502e9 100755
--- a/_versions.sh
+++ b/_versions.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ export CACERT_VER_='2023-08-22'
 export CACERT_HASH=23c2469e2a568362a62eecf1b49ed90a15621e6fa30e29947ded3436422de9b9
 export BROTLI_VER_='1.1.0'
 export BROTLI_HASH=e720a6ca29428b803f4ad165371771f5398faba397edf6778837a18599ea13ff
-export CARES_VER_='1.20.0'
-export CARES_HASH=cde8433e9bf6c6a0d9e7e69947745ee649256d76009d6c23b9555f84c5c13988
+export CARES_VER_='1.20.1'
+export CARES_HASH=de24a314844cb157909730828560628704f4f896d167dd7da0fa2fb93ea18b10
 export GSASL_VER_='2.2.0'
 export GSASL_HASH=79b868e3b9976dc484d59b29ca0ae8897be96ce4d36d32aed5d935a7a3307759
 export LIBIDN2_VER_='2.3.4'