diff --git a/libs/libssh2/Makefile b/libs/libssh2/Makefile
index 774ae85e0..911d34e81 100644
--- a/libs/libssh2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libssh2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libssh2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.7.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.libssh2.org/download
-PKG_MD5SUM:=00aabd6e714a5f42a4fb82ace20db1dd
+PKG_MD5SUM:=b01662a210e94cccf2f76094db7dac5c
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1