diff --git a/package/wayland/wayland.hash b/package/wayland/wayland.hash
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wayland/wayland.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-February/019976.html
+sha256  bdea47a2db96f7e53f1ce0351559c0af5b7f7aae7e95f0a884a78af9f1057c9c  wayland-1.7.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/wayland/wayland.mk b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
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--- a/package/wayland/wayland.mk
+++ b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WAYLAND_VERSION = 1.6.0
+WAYLAND_VERSION = 1.7.0
 WAYLAND_SITE = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases
 WAYLAND_SOURCE = wayland-$(WAYLAND_VERSION).tar.xz
 WAYLAND_LICENSE = MIT