diff --git a/_versions.sh b/_versions.sh
index 123f7f583..82615ee1e 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_='1.19.1'
-export CARES_HASH=321700399b72ed0e037d0074c629e7741f6b2ec2dda92956abe3e9671d3e268e
+export CARES_VER_='1.20.0'
+export CARES_HASH=cde8433e9bf6c6a0d9e7e69947745ee649256d76009d6c23b9555f84c5c13988
 export GSASL_VER_='2.2.0'
 export GSASL_HASH=79b868e3b9976dc484d59b29ca0ae8897be96ce4d36d32aed5d935a7a3307759
 export LIBIDN2_VER_='2.3.4'