diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15f1baf..7373181 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 /simpleline-1.4.tar.gz
 /simpleline-1.5.tar.gz
 /simpleline-1.6.tar.gz
+/simpleline-1.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81124c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+specfile_path: python-simpleline.spec
+upstream_package_name: simpleline
+upstream_tag_template: simpleline-{version}
+actions:
+  get-current-version:
+    - "python3 ./setup.py --version"
+  create-archive:
+    - "make BUILD_ARGS=sdist archive"
+    - 'bash -c "cp dist/*.tar.gz ."'
+    - 'bash -c "ls *.tar.gz"'
+jobs:
+  - job: propose_downstream
+    trigger: release
+    metadata:
+      dist-git-branch: fedora-all
+
+  - job: tests
+    trigger: pull_request
+    metadata:
+      targets:
+        - fedora-all
diff --git a/README.packit b/README.packit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b1251c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.packit
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This repository is maintained by packit.
+https://packit.dev/
+The file was generated using packit 0.12.0.
diff --git a/python-simpleline.spec b/python-simpleline.spec
index cfee6c5..0b4248a 100644
--- a/python-simpleline.spec
+++ b/python-simpleline.spec
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 Name: python-%{srcname}
 Summary: A Python library for creating text UI
 Url: https://github.com/rhinstaller/python-%{srcname}
-Version: 1.6
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 1.7
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # This tarball was created from upstream git:
 #   git clone https://github.com/rhinstaller/python-simpleline
 #   cd python-simpleline && make archive
-Source0: https://github.com/rhinstaller/python-%{srcname}/archive/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0: https://github.com/rhinstaller/python-%{srcname}/releases/download/%{srcname}-%{version}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-License: GPLv2+
+License: LGPLv3+
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ make test
 
 
 %files -n python3-%{srcname} -f python-%{srcname}.lang
-%license COPYING
+%license LICENSE.md
 %doc ChangeLog README.md
 %{python3_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 26 2020 Jiri Konecny <jkonecny@redhat.com> - 1.7-1
+- new upstream release: 1.7
+
 * Sun May 24 2020 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.6-4
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.9
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5079b8a..252be8d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (simpleline-1.6.tar.gz) = 51d48981f52055a211b5ae4a704eae4ebda56a1ac32006dedc4b141067c4ce7d32a700fb4656c1e5adc02a2a9f9ebbf257c2b2433de602fd8cd535e3f562a0b8
+SHA512 (simpleline-1.7.tar.gz) = 856d225dd8e59ba1f73497eaf7b45d0114ba472a00a71ddc2f9cd03da275ca00be36b0304982f8fd84cb0c66759c6cbc37b37f6d8654ff81181ab088ad66f1f1