diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-c-ares.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-c-ares.sh
index bf20f5b25f9c7d..66d37ba350c246 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-c-ares.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-c-ares.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DEPS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/deps"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
-NEW_VERSION="$("$NODE" --input-type=module <<'EOF'
+NEW_VERSION_METADATA="$("$NODE" --input-type=module <<'EOF'
 const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/c-ares/c-ares/releases/latest',
   process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN && {
     headers: {
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/c-ares/c-ares/releases/lat
     },
   });
 if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`FetchError: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`, { cause: res });
-const { tag_name } = await res.json();
-console.log(tag_name.replace('cares-', '').replaceAll('_', '.'));
+const { tag_name, assets } = await res.json();
+const { browser_download_url, name } = assets.find(({ name }) => name.endsWith('.tar.gz'));
+if(!browser_download_url || !name) throw new Error('No tarball found');
+console.log(`${tag_name} ${browser_download_url} ${name}`);
 EOF
 )"
 
+IFS=' ' read -r NEW_VERSION NEW_VERSION_URL ARES_TARBALL <<EOF
+$NEW_VERSION_METADATA
+EOF
+
 CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep "#define ARES_VERSION_STR" ./deps/cares/include/ares_version.h |  sed -n "s/^.*VERSION_STR \"\(.*\)\"/\1/p")
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
@@ -41,17 +47,17 @@ cleanup () {
 
 trap cleanup INT TERM EXIT
 
-ARES_REF="cares-$(echo "$NEW_VERSION" | tr . _)"
-ARES_TARBALL="c-ares-$NEW_VERSION.tar.gz"
-
 cd "$WORKSPACE"
 
 echo "Fetching c-ares source archive"
-curl -sL -o "$ARES_TARBALL" "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/$ARES_REF/$ARES_TARBALL"
+curl -sL -o "$ARES_TARBALL" "$NEW_VERSION_URL"
 log_and_verify_sha256sum "c-ares" "$ARES_TARBALL"
 gzip -dc "$ARES_TARBALL" | tar xf -
-rm "$ARES_TARBALL"
-mv "c-ares-$NEW_VERSION" cares
+rm -- "$ARES_TARBALL"
+
+FOLDER=$(ls -d -- */)
+
+mv -- "$FOLDER" cares
 
 echo "Removing tests"
 rm -rf "$WORKSPACE/cares/test"