diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e18ae81..910dd6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@
 /buildah-e94b4f9.tar.gz
 /buildah-3ec6a6b.tar.gz
 /buildah-5f95bd9.tar.gz
+/buildah-873f001.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildah.spec b/buildah.spec
index 6a9daf1..66c75ac 100644
--- a/buildah.spec
+++ b/buildah.spec
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 # https://github.com/containers/buildah
 %global provider_prefix %{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}/%{repo}
 %global import_path %{provider_prefix}
-%global commit0 5f95bd9a350a2dcff776914c19192df1cf272b97
+%global commit0 873f00141c8e23973709f6226972d5976f8eb975
 %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name: %{repo}
-Version: 1.6
-Release: 2.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+Version: 1.7
+Release: 1.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: A command line tool used for creating OCI Images
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://%{provider_prefix}
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} install install.completions
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 21 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 1.6-2.git873f0014
+- bump to v1.7 Release
+
 * Wed Jan 16 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 1.6-2.git5f95bd9a
 - Fixes for v1.6 release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ae382bc..16d5acc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (buildah-5f95bd9.tar.gz) = c5fcd65e7917838f1e4c2e1b6de87862440ae63b485d9e936d26561e9689274589ba54e2e9184e131d9b3bf7a475fbe9d78537f501e6f69b2caa620965f1d71c
+SHA512 (buildah-873f001.tar.gz) = 737f01a3e1e8f39d58f5862c1ed0227e5ce25f3828b4acca220d4beab4a31b84c415163ef2e8fa41b4e961f1f8bb45a4e9905e3dddf57144ce04a9031d83e98f