diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 854c163..83c9d3b 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v6.23</param>
+    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v7.0-rc1</param>
     <param name="match-tag">v*.*</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-7.0-rc1.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/wine-staging-6.23.tar.xz b/wine-staging-6.23.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index d49ed73..0000000
--- a/wine-staging-6.23.tar.xz
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-size 7299320
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f782ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-staging-7.0-rc1.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index 587b7fc..aef29aa 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 11 18:36:04 UTC 2021 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 7.0-rc1 release candidate
+  - Reimplementation of the WinMM joystick driver.
+  - All Unix libraries converted to the syscall-based interface.
+  - Various bug fixes.
+- update staging to 7.0-rc1 release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec  5 13:30:20 UTC 2021 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index ba27e1b..fd7241b 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 %endif
 
 # needs to be on top due to usage of %version macro below
-%define realver 6.23
-Version:        6.23
+%define realver 7.0-rc1
+Version:        7.0~rc1
 Release:        0
 
 %if "%{flavor}" != ""
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ Summary:        An MS Windows Emulator
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 URL:            http://www.winehq.org/
-Source0:        https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/6.x/%{projectname}-%{realver}.tar.xz
+Source0:        https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/7.0/%{projectname}-%{realver}.tar.xz
 Source41:       wine.keyring
-Source42:       https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/6.x/%{projectname}-%{realver}.tar.xz.sign
+Source42:       https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/7.0/%{projectname}-%{realver}.tar.xz.sign
 Source2:        http://kegel.com/wine/wisotool
 Source3:        README.SUSE
 Source4:        wine.desktop