diff --git a/socat-1.6.0.1.tar.bz2 b/socat-1.6.0.1.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 6529f95..0000000
--- a/socat-1.6.0.1.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0d1ba82db0f735bf5006844b197ec5c980965980adceb6d1ef722f9b819b87b2
-size 375527
diff --git a/socat-1.7.0.0.tar.bz2 b/socat-1.7.0.0.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11296bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socat-1.7.0.0.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:827c8ccd508ad12c999208d42867ec8334e39a425d3984eda78a34449d414f25
+size 418842
diff --git a/socat.changes b/socat.changes
index e84e16d..ff01482 100644
--- a/socat.changes
+++ b/socat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 16 09:56:41 CEST 2008 - meissner@suse.de
+
+- upgraded to 1.7.0.0
+  - support for SCTP stream sockets, raw interface, and generic sockets.
+  - A new option escape allows it to interrupt raw terminal connections.
+  - Listening and receiving sockets can set a couple of environment variables.
+  - Base control of System V STREAMS has been added.
+  - Many corrections were performed. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 11 10:24:33 CET 2008 - lmuelle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/socat.spec b/socat.spec
index e4c98df..2c2019c 100644
--- a/socat.spec
+++ b/socat.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
-# spec file for package socat (Version 1.6.0.1)
+# spec file for package socat (Version 1.7.0.0)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
-# package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# 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/
 #
 
@@ -13,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           socat
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel procps readline-devel tcpd-devel
-Version:        1.6.0.1
+Version:        1.7.0.0
 Release:        1
 License:        BSD 3-Clause; GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
@@ -69,6 +76,13 @@ mkdir -p \
 %{_mandir}/man1/socat.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 16 2008 meissner@suse.de
+- upgraded to 1.7.0.0
+  - support for SCTP stream sockets, raw interface, and generic sockets.
+  - A new option escape allows it to interrupt raw terminal connections.
+  - Listening and receiving sockets can set a couple of environment variables.
+  - Base control of System V STREAMS has been added.
+  - Many corrections were performed.
 * Mon Feb 11 2008 lmuelle@suse.de
 - Update to version 1.6.0.1.
   + exec:...,pty did not kill child process under some circumstances; fixed