diff --git a/lcms-endian.patch b/lcms-endian.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 18f512e..0000000
--- a/lcms-endian.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-Index: include/lcms2.h
-===================================================================
---- include/lcms2.h.orig
-+++ include/lcms2.h
-@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
- 
- // ********** Configuration toggles ****************************************
- 
--// Uncomment this one if you are using big endian machines
--// #define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN   1
--
- // Uncomment this one if your compiler/machine does NOT support the
- // "long long" type.
- // #define CMS_DONT_USE_INT64        1
-@@ -173,47 +170,6 @@ typedef int                  cmsBool;
- #  define CMS_IS_WINDOWS_ 1
- #endif
- 
--// Try to detect big endian platforms. This list can be endless, so only some checks are performed over here.
--// you can pass this toggle to the compiler by using -DCMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN or something similar
--
--#if defined(__sgi__) || defined(__sgi) || defined(sparc)
--#   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN      1
--#endif
--
--#if defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)
--#   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN   1
--#endif
--
--#  ifdef TARGET_CPU_PPC
--#    if TARGET_CPU_PPC
--#      define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN   1
--#    endif
--#  endif
--
--#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(TARGET_CPU_PPC)
--#   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN   1
--#   if defined (__GNUC__) && defined(__BYTE_ORDER) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
--#       if __BYTE_ORDER  == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
--//               // Don't use big endian for PowerPC little endian mode
--#                undef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
--#       endif
--#   endif
--#endif
--
--// WORDS_BIGENDIAN takes precedence
--#if defined(_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN) || defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) || defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
--#   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN      1
--#endif
--
--#ifdef macintosh
--# ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
--#   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN      1
--# endif
--# ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
--#   undef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
--# endif
--#endif
--
- // Calling convention -- this is hardly platform and compiler dependent
- #ifdef CMS_IS_WINDOWS_
- #  if defined(CMS_DLL) || defined(CMS_DLL_BUILD)
-Index: src/cmsmd5.c
-===================================================================
---- src/cmsmd5.c.orig
-+++ src/cmsmd5.c
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- 
- #include "lcms2_internal.h"
- 
--#ifdef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- 
- static
- void byteReverse(cmsUInt8Number * buf, cmsUInt32Number longs)
-Index: src/cmsplugin.c
-===================================================================
---- src/cmsplugin.c.orig
-+++ src/cmsplugin.c
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
- // Adjust a word value after being readed/ before being written from/to an ICC profile
- cmsUInt16Number CMSEXPORT  _cmsAdjustEndianess16(cmsUInt16Number Word)
- {
--#ifndef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- 
-     cmsUInt8Number* pByte = (cmsUInt8Number*) &Word;
-     cmsUInt8Number tmp;
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ cmsUInt16Number CMSEXPORT  _cmsAdjustEnd
- 
- cmsUInt32Number CMSEXPORT  _cmsAdjustEndianess32(cmsUInt32Number DWord)
- {
--#ifndef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- 
-     cmsUInt8Number* pByte = (cmsUInt8Number*) &DWord;
-     cmsUInt8Number temp1;
-@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ cmsUInt32Number CMSEXPORT  _cmsAdjustEnd
- void CMSEXPORT  _cmsAdjustEndianess64(cmsUInt64Number* Result, cmsUInt64Number* QWord)
- {
- 
--#ifndef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- 
-     cmsUInt8Number* pIn  = (cmsUInt8Number*) QWord;
-     cmsUInt8Number* pOut = (cmsUInt8Number*) Result;
-Index: testbed/testcms2.c
-===================================================================
---- testbed/testcms2.c.orig
-+++ testbed/testcms2.c
-@@ -761,15 +761,15 @@ cmsInt32Number CheckEndianess(void)
-     u.l = 1;
-     BigEndian = (u.c[sizeof (long) - 1] == 1);
- 
--#ifdef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-     IsOk = BigEndian;
- #else
-     IsOk = !BigEndian;
- #endif
- 
-     if (!IsOk) {
--        Fail("\nOOOPPSS! You have CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN toggle misconfigured!\n\n"
--            "Please, edit lcms2.h and %s the CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN toggle.\n", BigEndian? "uncomment" : "comment");
-+        Fail("\nOOOPPSS! You have WORDS_BIGENDIAN toggle misconfigured!\n\n"
-+            "Please, edit lcms2.h and %s the WORDS_BIGENDIAN toggle.\n", BigEndian? "uncomment" : "comment");
-         return 0;
-     }
- 
-Index: src/lcms2_internal.h
-===================================================================
---- src/lcms2_internal.h.orig
-+++ src/lcms2_internal.h
-@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cmsINLINE int _cmsQuickFloor(cmsFloat64N
- 
-     temp.val = val + _lcms_double2fixmagic;
- 
--#ifdef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
-+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-     return temp.halves[1] >> 16;
- #else
-     return temp.halves[0] >> 16;
-Index: configure.ac
-===================================================================
---- configure.ac.orig
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.7.2 no-defin
- AC_PROG_CC_STDC
- AC_PROG_CPP
- AC_PROG_CXX
--
-+AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
-+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
- #AM_PROG_LD
- #AC_SUBST(LD)
- #AC_PROG_INSTALL
-@@ -65,11 +66,7 @@ AC_EXEEXT
- AC_OBJEXT
- 
- # Configure libtool
--AC_ENABLE_SHARED
--AC_ENABLE_STATIC
--AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
--AC_LIBTOOL_SETUP
--AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
-+LT_INIT([disable-static pic-only win32-dll])
- AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS)
- 
- # Add configure option --enable-maintainer-mode which enables dependency
diff --git a/lcms2-2.6.tar.gz b/lcms2-2.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index dabf83b..0000000
--- a/lcms2-2.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5172528839647c54c3da211837225e221be93e4733f5b5e9f57668f7107e14b1
-size 4583389
diff --git a/lcms2-2.7.tar.gz b/lcms2-2.7.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af879e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lcms2-2.7.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4524234ae7de185e6b6da5d31d6875085b2198bc63b1211f7dde6e2d197d6a53
+size 6497867
diff --git a/lcms2.changes b/lcms2.changes
index ee9478b..45a6aef 100644
--- a/lcms2.changes
+++ b/lcms2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 26 11:04:33 UTC 2015 - aloisio@gmx.com
+
+- Update to version 2.7
+  * improved multi-threading
+  * added contexts and a new locking plug-in type
+  * bugfixes and other minor features
+- Dropped lcms-endian.patch that was fixed upstream.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 16 06:27:26 UTC 2014 - mailaender@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/lcms2.spec b/lcms2.spec
index eaddffb..8997c44 100644
--- a/lcms2.spec
+++ b/lcms2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package lcms2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 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
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Summary:        Little CMS Engine - A color managment library and tools
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Other
 Url:            http://www.littlecms.com/
-Version:        2.6
+Version:        2.7
 Release:        0
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source0:        http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcms/files/lcms/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
-Patch:          lcms-endian.patch
 Patch1:         lcms2-ocloexec.patch
 Patch2:         lcms2-visibility.patch
 
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ This package contains user and developer documentation for lcms2.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch
 %patch1
 %patch2
 chmod a-x doc/* COPYING AUTHORS