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 ### Build Dependencies
 
-* c-ares (libc-ares2-dev on Debian based systems) - disable with `make WITH_DNS_SRV=no`
+* c-ares (libc-ares-dev on Debian based systems) - disable with `make WITH_DNS_SRV=no`
 * libuuid (uuid-dev) - disable with `make WITH_UUID=no`
 * libwebsockets (libwebsockets-dev) - enable with `make WITH_LIBWEBSOCKETS=yes`
 * openssl (libssl-dev on Debian based systems) - disable with `make WITH_TLS=no`