diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e68634..fdd069f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pip>=26.1,<27.0
 ruff>=0.15.12,<=0.20
 colorlog>=6.0.0,<7.0.0
 aiodns>=3.5.0
-pycares>=4.0.0,<6.0.0
+pycares>=5.0.1,<6.0.0
 homeassistant==2025.12.5
 pytest>=9.0.0,<10.0.0
 pytest-aiohttp>=1.1.0,<2.0.0