diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b12944..9f811e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ dirq-0.0.5.tar.gz
 /dirq-1.5.tar.gz
 /dirq-1.6.tar.gz
 /dirq-1.6.1.tar.gz
+/dirq-1.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-dirq.spec b/python-dirq.spec
index a2eca9b..b27dba8 100644
--- a/python-dirq.spec
+++ b/python-dirq.spec
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 %global srcname dirq
 
 Name:           python-dirq
-Version:        1.6.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        1.7
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Directory based queue
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif #end of altpython.
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 13 2015 Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch> - 1.7-1
+- Update to upstream version, rhbz #1281769.
+
 * Tue Nov 10 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.1-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/python3.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 78d348a..3013ae2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-75131dab44105e8f8a578e1a1b3aa000  dirq-1.6.1.tar.gz
+10c0c6929b79fbb374f6caf42d7e36ed  dirq-1.7.tar.gz