diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/package.accept_keywords
index 43bbb16169..1ea5b7ef5c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/package.accept_keywords
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dev-util/shflags *
 =net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.9.2 ~arm64
 =net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1 ~arm64
 =net-dns/bind-tools-9.11.2_p1 ~arm64
-=net-dns/c-ares-1.12.0 ~arm64
+=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.2 ~arm64
 =net-dns/dnsmasq-2.78 ~arm64
 =net-firewall/conntrack-tools-1.4.5 ~arm64
 =net-firewall/ebtables-2.0.10.4-r1 ~arm64