diff --git a/packages/c-ares/build.sh b/packages/c-ares/build.sh
index f89c39338b..5950c5832b 100644
--- a/packages/c-ares/build.sh
+++ b/packages/c-ares/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://c-ares.haxx.se
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for asynchronous DNS requests (including name resolves)"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.18.1
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.19.0
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/archive/cares-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION//./_}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=414872549eec4e221b576693fdc9c9bce44ff794d0f1f06f2515b56a7f6ec9c9
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=948016368481b6c5063b849b6dec2a7fd659eee2174b7f3db22ff1b22055ed2a
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP="\d+.\d+.\d+"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="resolv-conf"
diff --git a/packages/c-ares/disable-ares-android.patch b/packages/c-ares/disable-ares-android.patch
index ea6d1e2d54..af28bb09c8 100644
--- a/packages/c-ares/disable-ares-android.patch
+++ b/packages/c-ares/disable-ares-android.patch
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ diff -u -r ../lib.orig/ares_library_init.c ./src/lib/ares_library_init.c
 --- ../lib.orig/ares_library_init.c	2020-11-21 20:32:59.251385702 +0000
 +++ ./src/lib/ares_library_init.c	2020-11-21 20:37:15.703215185 +0000
 @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
- fpGetBestRoute2_t ares_fpGetBestRoute2 = ZERO_NULL;
- #endif
+ 
+ /* library-private global and unique instance vars */
  
 -#if defined(ANDROID) || defined(__ANDROID__)
 -#include "ares_android.h"
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ diff -u -r ../lib.orig/ares_library_init.c ./src/lib/ares_library_init.c
  
  static unsigned int ares_initialized;
 @@ -174,10 +170,6 @@
-   if (ares_init_flags & ARES_LIB_INIT_WIN32)
-     ares_win32_cleanup();
+ 
+   /* NOTE: ARES_LIB_INIT_WIN32 flag no longer used */
  
 -#if defined(ANDROID) || defined(__ANDROID__)
 -  ares_library_cleanup_android();