diff --git a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-16.20.0.ebuild b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-16.20.0.ebuild
index 87c90ae656206..a974988795c13 100644
--- a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-16.20.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-16.20.0.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=app-arch/brotli-1.0.9:=
 	>=dev-libs/libuv-1.40.0:=
-	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.2:=
+	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.18.1:=
 	>=net-libs/nghttp2-1.41.0:=
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	system-icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-67:= )
diff --git a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-18.16.0.ebuild b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-18.16.0.ebuild
index ac1eaed3d5975..5d4b59b2eefd6 100644
--- a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-18.16.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-18.16.0.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=app-arch/brotli-1.0.9:=
 	>=dev-libs/libuv-1.44.0:=
-	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.2:=
+	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.18.1:=
 	>=net-libs/nghttp2-1.41.0:=
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	system-icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-67:= )
diff --git a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-20.1.0.ebuild b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-20.1.0.ebuild
index 8ebaa6db05d39..65b5e09723472 100644
--- a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-20.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-20.1.0.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=app-arch/brotli-1.0.9:=
 	>=dev-libs/libuv-1.44.0:=
-	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.2:=
+	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.18.1:=
 	>=net-libs/nghttp2-1.41.0:=
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	system-icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-67:= )
diff --git a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-99999999.ebuild b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-99999999.ebuild
index 9277dca7ff054..737ed081751ac 100644
--- a/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-99999999.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=app-arch/brotli-1.0.9:=
 	>=dev-libs/libuv-1.44.0:=
-	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.17.2:=
+	>=net-dns/c-ares-1.18.1:=
 	>=net-libs/nghttp2-1.41.0:=
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	system-icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-67:= )