diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index ba14447..ec15fff 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ libgpg-error-1.5.tar.bz2
 libgpg-error-1.5.tar.bz2.sig
 libgpg-error-1.6.tar.bz2
 libgpg-error-1.6.tar.bz2.sig
+libgpg-error-1.7.tar.bz2
+libgpg-error-1.7.tar.bz2.sig
diff --git a/libgpg-error.spec b/libgpg-error.spec
index c1efd1f..8b1eba7 100644
--- a/libgpg-error.spec
+++ b/libgpg-error.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Library for error values used by GnuPG components
 Name: libgpg-error
-Version: 1.6
-Release: 4
+Version: 1.7
+Release: 1
 URL: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/gpg-error.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 15 2009 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 1.7-1
+- long-overdue update to 1.7
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0316ee8..be9d0fb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-f3e9870e213518b407a959f8d29cd554  libgpg-error-1.6.tar.bz2
-2a10c6d1819dd2810e17131dd4cc8ae9  libgpg-error-1.6.tar.bz2.sig
+62c0d09d1e76c5b6da8fff92314c4665  libgpg-error-1.7.tar.bz2
+7f4274383ce6c493eaa49694dc8c425b  libgpg-error-1.7.tar.bz2.sig