diff --git a/CMake/FindCares.cmake b/CMake/FindCares.cmake
index e7b821afc4..71b369b32f 100644
--- a/CMake/FindCares.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindCares.cmake
@@ -55,12 +55,22 @@ find_library(CARES_LIBRARY NAMES ${CARES_NAMES} "cares"
 if(PC_CARES_VERSION)
   set(CARES_VERSION ${PC_CARES_VERSION})
 elseif(CARES_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}/ares_version.h")
-  set(_version_regex "#[\t ]*define[\t ]+ARES_VERSION_STR[\t ]+\"([^\"]*)\"")
-  file(STRINGS "${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}/ares_version.h" _version_str REGEX "${_version_regex}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "${_version_regex}" "\\1" _version_str "${_version_str}")
-  set(CARES_VERSION "${_version_str}")
-  unset(_version_regex)
-  unset(_version_str)
+  set(_version_regex1 "#[\t ]*define[\t ]+ARES_VERSION_MAJOR[\t ]+([0-9]+).*")
+  set(_version_regex2 "#[\t ]*define[\t ]+ARES_VERSION_MINOR[\t ]+([0-9]+).*")
+  set(_version_regex3 "#[\t ]*define[\t ]+ARES_VERSION_PATCH[\t ]+([0-9]+).*")
+  file(STRINGS "${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}/ares_version.h" _version_str1 REGEX "${_version_regex1}")
+  file(STRINGS "${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}/ares_version.h" _version_str2 REGEX "${_version_regex2}")
+  file(STRINGS "${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}/ares_version.h" _version_str3 REGEX "${_version_regex3}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "${_version_regex1}" "\\1" _version_str1 "${_version_str1}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "${_version_regex2}" "\\1" _version_str2 "${_version_str2}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "${_version_regex3}" "\\1" _version_str3 "${_version_str3}")
+  set(CARES_VERSION "${_version_str1}.${_version_str2}.${_version_str3}")
+  unset(_version_regex1)
+  unset(_version_regex2)
+  unset(_version_regex3)
+  unset(_version_str1)
+  unset(_version_str2)
+  unset(_version_str3)
 endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)