diff --git a/gnu/packages/adns.scm b/gnu/packages/adns.scm
index 57f34942d5..b36ec18462 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/adns.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/adns.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ scripts.")
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "129sm0wzij0mp8vdv68v18hnykcjb6ivi66wnqnnw598q7bql1fy"))))
+    (replacement c-ares/fixed)
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
@@ -87,6 +88,23 @@ The primary examples of such applications are servers which communicate with
 multiple clients and programs with graphical user interfaces.")
     (license (x11-style "https://c-ares.haxx.se/license.html"))))
 
+(define-public c-ares/fixed
+  (package
+    (inherit c-ares)
+    (name "c-ares")
+    (version "1.17.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                    "https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/" name "-" version
+                    ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0h7wjfnk2092glqcp9mqaax7xx0s13m501z1gi0gsjl2vvvd0gfp"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(;; FIXME: Some tests require network access
+       #:tests? #f))))
+
 ;; gRPC requires a c-ares built with CMake in order to get the .cmake modules.
 ;; We can not build c-ares itself with CMake because that would introduce a
 ;; circular dependency through nghttp2.