diff --git a/dns/c-ares/Makefile b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
index ef126833a97f..8cd8c325a338 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	c-ares
-DISTVERSION=	1.25.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.27.0
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/cares-${DISTVERSION:S/./_/g}/ \
 		https://c-ares.org/download/
@@ -17,12 +16,12 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS=	py*-ripe.atlas.tools
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		TEST
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	TEST
 
 TEST_BUILD_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest
 TEST_USES=		compiler:c++14-lang localbase:ldflags
-TEST_TEST_TARGET=	test
 TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	CARES_BUILD_TESTS
+TEST_TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|ares-test-live.cc||g' \
diff --git a/dns/c-ares/distinfo b/dns/c-ares/distinfo
index 96a5a631c4fa..180c00ec3e4d 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/distinfo
+++ b/dns/c-ares/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704405577
-SHA256 (c-ares-1.25.0.tar.gz) = 71832b93a48f5ff579c505f4869120c14e57b783275367207f1a98314aa724e5
-SIZE (c-ares-1.25.0.tar.gz) = 1264129
+TIMESTAMP = 1708697951
+SHA256 (c-ares-1.27.0.tar.gz) = 0a72be66959955c43e2af2fbd03418e82a2bd5464604ec9a62147e37aceb420b
+SIZE (c-ares-1.27.0.tar.gz) = 1301440
diff --git a/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist b/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
index c544b8c3a56c..ee1557683204 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/c-ares/pkg-plist
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/c-ares/c-ares-targets.cmake
 lib/libcares.so
 lib/libcares.so.2
-lib/libcares.so.2.10.1
+lib/libcares.so.2.12.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libcares.pc
 share/man/man1/adig.1.gz
 share/man/man1/ahost.1.gz