diff --git a/pycares-4.10.0.tar.gz b/pycares-4.10.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6b9a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pycares-4.10.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9df70dce6e05afa5d477f48959170e569485e20dad1a089c4cf3b2d7ffbd8bf9
+size 654318
diff --git a/pycares-4.9.0.tar.gz b/pycares-4.9.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 684d8e0..0000000
--- a/pycares-4.9.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8ee484ddb23dbec4d88d14ed5b6d592c1960d2e93c385d5e52b6fad564d82395
-size 655365
diff --git a/python-pycares.changes b/python-pycares.changes
index decb6c4..e61a627 100644
--- a/python-pycares.changes
+++ b/python-pycares.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  8 12:39:36 UTC 2025 - Nico Krapp <nico.krapp@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 4.10.0 (actually fixes CVE-2025-48945, bsc#1244691)
+  * Remove unused import by @saghul in #240
+  * Fixup chunked TXT record test by @saghul in #242
+  * Remove overzealous checks by @saghul in #241
+  * Fix OpenBSD build by @saghul in #243
+  * Make result.type Final by @Dreamsorcerer in #246
+  * Idna resource reduction using a length check by @Vizonex in #247
+  * Add read & write process_fd functions by @Vizonex in #245
+  * build(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.23.3 to 3.0.0
+    by @dependabot[bot] in #244
+  * Remove context manager support by @saghul in #252
+  * Fixup test CI by @saghul in #254
+  * Refactor channel destruction logic by @saghul in #253
+- use system c-ares instead of bundled version
+- add python-pycares.rpmlintrc to ignore false positive of using
+  gethostbyname.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 18 12:58:39 UTC 2025 - Nico Krapp <nico.krapp@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pycares.rpmlintrc b/python-pycares.rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0962594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-pycares.rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addFilter("binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname")
diff --git a/python-pycares.spec b/python-pycares.spec
index aaaecde..659f25c 100644
--- a/python-pycares.spec
+++ b/python-pycares.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pycares
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC and contributors
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-pycares
-Version:        4.9.0
+Version:        4.10.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python interface for c-ares
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/saghul/pycares
-Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pycares/pycares-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pycares/pycares-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source99:       python-pycares.rpmlintrc
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM cleanup_tests.patch bsc#[0-9]+ mcepl@suse.com
 # Make the test suite slightly more normal
 Patch0:         cleanup_tests.patch
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ resolutions asynchronously
 %autosetup -p1 -n pycares-%{version}
 
 %build
+export PYCARES_USE_SYSTEM_LIB=1
 %pyproject_wheel
 
 %install