diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
index fa24c1ec66..95558f0477 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pycares/json
-md5  ff4e54e91e32484b189b1e28758ec8c7  pycares-4.4.0.tar.gz
-sha256  f47579d508f2f56eddd16ce72045782ad3b1b3b678098699e2b6a1b30733e1c2  pycares-4.4.0.tar.gz
+md5  5824db5d38e1aa13a412e2b8bbe52160  pycares-4.5.0.tar.gz
+sha256  025b6c2ffea4e9fb8f9a097381c2fecb24aff23fbd6906e70da22ec9ba60e19d  pycares-4.5.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  427bb3a5372024a26e2c290b24382512bcc7ca123431c4dd178dd613beea7eee  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
index fe6916445d..31153434ef 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.4.0
+PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.5.0
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SOURCE = pycares-$(PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1b/8f/daf60bbc06f4a3cd1cfb0ab807057151287df6f5c78f2e0d298acc9193ac
+PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d7/b1/94daaa50b6d2fa14c6b4981ca24fa4e7aa33a7519962c76170072ffb06ee
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE