diff --git a/libgit2_1.patch b/libgit2_1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d858c9a..0000000
--- a/libgit2_1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From b57aa0e889fe07d7b4663d0729a40f4a9ecf5578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?J=2E=20David=20Ib=C3=A1=C3=B1ez?= <jdavid.ibp@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 08:36:08 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade to libgit2 1.1
-
-Fixes #1040
----
-
-diff --git a/src/pygit2.c b/src/pygit2.c
-index 4e144705..0693a790 100644
---- a/src/pygit2.c
-+++ b/src/pygit2.c
-@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ PyInit__pygit2(void)
-     ADD_CONSTANT_INT(m, GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_ANY_COMMIT_COPIES)
-     ADD_CONSTANT_INT(m, GIT_BLAME_FIRST_PARENT)
-     ADD_CONSTANT_INT(m, GIT_BLAME_USE_MAILMAP)
-+    ADD_CONSTANT_INT(m, GIT_BLAME_IGNORE_WHITESPACE)
- 
-     /* Merge */
-     ADD_CONSTANT_INT(m, GIT_MERGE_ANALYSIS_NONE)
-diff --git a/src/types.h b/src/types.h
-index 0f3c8cf9..8ea01d38 100644
---- a/src/types.h
-+++ b/src/types.h
-@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
- #include <Python.h>
- #include <git2.h>
- 
--#if !(LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR == 1 && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR == 0)
--#error You need a compatible libgit2 version (1.0.x)
-+#if !(LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR == 1 && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR == 1)
-+#error You need a compatible libgit2 version (1.1.x)
- #endif
- 
- /*
diff --git a/pygit2-1.3.0.tar.gz b/pygit2-1.3.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6810978..0000000
--- a/pygit2-1.3.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0be93f6a8d7cbf0cc79ae2f0afb1993fc055fc0018c27e2bd01ba143e51d4452
-size 243399
diff --git a/pygit2-1.7.0.tar.gz b/pygit2-1.7.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd8e160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygit2-1.7.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:602bffa8b4dbc185a6c7f36515563b600e0ee9002583c97ae3150eedaf340edb
+size 276292
diff --git a/python-pygit2.changes b/python-pygit2.changes
index 8a00baa..6370a12 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.changes
+++ b/python-pygit2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 20 08:25:16 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.7.0:
+  - Upgrade to libgit2 1.3.0
+  - Add support for Python 3.10
+  - Drop support for Python 3.6
+  - New `pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_SKIP_LOCKED_DIRECTORIES`
+  - New optional argument ``location`` in
+    ``Repository.applies(..)`` and ``Repository.apply(..)``
+  - Fix: Now the `flags` argument in `Repository.blame()` is
+    passed through
+  - CI: Stop using Travis, move to GitHub actions
+  - Fix a number of reference leaks
+  - Review custom object backends
+  - In custom backends the callbacks have been renamed from ``read`` to
+    ``read_cb``, ``write`` to ``write_cb``, and so on.
+  - New optional ``proxy`` argument in ``Remote`` methods
+  - New GIT_MERGE_PREFERENCE constants
+  - Don't require cached-property with Python 3.8 or later
+  - Refactored build and CI, new ``build.sh`` script
+  - Remove deprecated ``GIT_CREDTYPE_XXX`` contants, use
+    ``GIT_CREDENTIAL_XXX`` instead.
+  - Remove deprecated ``Patch.patch`` getter, use ``Patch.text``
+    instead.
+  - New ``PackBuilder`` class and ``Repository.pack(...)``
+  - New ``Config.delete_multivar(...)``
+  - New ``Repository.is_shallow``
+  - New optional ``message`` argument in
+    ``Repository.create_reference(...)``
+  - Fix truncated diff when there are nulls
+  - Fix ``Index.add(...)`` raise ``TypeError`` instead of
+    ``AttributeError`` when arguments are of unexpected type
+  - Upgrade to libgit2 1.1, new ``GIT_BLAME_IGNORE_WHITESPACE`` constant
+  - Drop support for PyPy3 7.2
+  - New optional ``flags`` argument in ``Repository.__init__(...)``,
+    new ``GIT_REPOSITORY_OPEN_*`` constants
+- Remove upstreamed libgit2_1.patch.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  1 04:07:45 UTC 2020 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pygit2.spec b/python-pygit2.spec
index 276c182..f700c0d 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.spec
+++ b/python-pygit2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pygit2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com>.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-pygit2
-Version:        1.3.0
+Version:        1.7.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python bindings for libgit2
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
 URL:            https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pygit2/pygit2-%{version}.tar.gz
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM libgit2_1.patch gh#libgit2/pygit2#1040 
-Patch0:         libgit2_1.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cached-property}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi >= 1.4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
@@ -47,8 +45,8 @@ Requires:       python-cached-property
 Bindings for libgit2, a linkable C library for the Git version-control system.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n pygit2-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
+%autosetup -p1 -n pygit2-%{version}
+
 # do not add options to pytest
 rm pytest.ini