diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.22.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb
similarity index 86%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.22.1.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb
index 8ba1b60995..2171002aa9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.22.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.24.0.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fdbc58a6da11a9f68aa73c453818decc"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git;branch=main;protocol=https"
-SRCREV = "36466bb240661fa8fdc2ffa47d229d92ac762286"
+SRCREV = "972f456f2808b4e4b1730c90ab506f6af5f4c725"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "cares-(?P<pver>\d+_(\d_?)+)"
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
-PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-utils"
+PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-utils"
 
 FILES:${PN}-utils = "${bindir}"