diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 32188e8..09e957c 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 hunspell-devel
-  requires "libhunspell-1_6-0-<targettype> = <version>"
-libhunspell-1_6-0
+  requires "libhunspell-1_7-0-<targettype> = <version>"
+libhunspell-1_7-0
diff --git a/hunspell-1.6.2.tar.gz b/hunspell-1.6.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a421d0f..0000000
--- a/hunspell-1.6.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3cd9ceb062fe5814f668e4f22b2fa6e3ba0b339b921739541ce180cac4d6f4c4
-size 721165
diff --git a/hunspell-1.7.0.tar.gz b/hunspell-1.7.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b6dcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hunspell-1.7.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:bb27b86eb910a8285407cf3ca33b62643a02798cf2eef468c0a74f6c3ee6bc8a
+size 482156
diff --git a/hunspell.changes b/hunspell.changes
index 36a32f2..316f834 100644
--- a/hunspell.changes
+++ b/hunspell.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 15 13:59:30 UTC 2018 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Version update to 1.7.0:
+  * add SPELLML support for run-time dictionary extensio
+  * No annoying suggestion times any more, especially in languages with
+    compound word handling and complex morphology
+  * Improved, highly customizable suggestions on level of dictionary words
+  * Handling multiple word suggestions is much more easier
+  * Limit compound overgeneration by dictionary based word pairs
+  * makealias dictionary compression
+  * Various minor bugfixes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 27 08:43:42 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index 31233d8..6fa8aad 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package hunspell
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
-%define ver     1.6
-%define libname lib%{name}-1_6-0
+%define ver     1.7
+%define libname lib%{name}-1_7-0
 Name:           hunspell
-Version:        1.6.2
+Version:        1.7.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A spell checker and morphological analyzer library
-License:        (GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-2.1+ or MPL-1.1+) and LGPL-2.1+
+License:        (GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MPL-1.1+) AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Office/Other
-Url:            https://hunspell.github.io
+URL:            https://hunspell.github.io
 Source0:        https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
@@ -107,20 +107,18 @@ make check %{?_smp_mflags}
 %postun -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc README README.myspell AUTHORS AUTHORS.myspell COPYING THANKS license.hunspell license.myspell
+%license COPYING license.hunspell license.myspell
+%doc README README.md AUTHORS THANKS
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_bindir}/hunspell
 %dir %{_mandir}/hu
 %dir %{_mandir}/hu/man1
-%{_mandir}/man1/hunspell.1%{ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man1/hunspell.1%{?ext_man}
 %lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/hunspell.1*
 
 %files -n %{libname}
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libhunspell-%{ver}.so.*
 
 %files tools
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/analyze
 %{_bindir}/chmorph
 %{_bindir}/munch
@@ -132,15 +130,14 @@ make check %{?_smp_mflags}
 %{_bindir}/makealias
 %{_bindir}/wordforms
 %{_bindir}/wordlist2hunspell
-%{_mandir}/man1/hunzip.1%{ext_man}
-%{_mandir}/man1/hzip.1%{ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man1/hunzip.1%{?ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man1/hzip.1%{?ext_man}
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libhunspell-%{ver}.so
 %{_libdir}/libhunspell.so
-%{_mandir}/man3/hunspell.3%{ext_man}
-%{_mandir}/man5/hunspell.5%{ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man3/hunspell.3%{?ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man5/hunspell.5%{?ext_man}
 %{_includedir}/%{name}
 %{_includedir}/munch.h
 %{_includedir}/unmunch.h