diff --git a/community/weston/PKGBUILD b/community/weston/PKGBUILD
index 31421ff76..334b96f44 100644
--- a/community/weston/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/weston/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - patch to not call vc_dispmanx_set_wl_buffer_in_use
 
 pkgname=weston
-pkgver=1.6.1
+pkgver=1.7.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Reference implementation of a Wayland compositor'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ license=('MIT')
 depends=('libxkbcommon' 'libinput' 'libunwind' 'poppler-glib' 'mtdev' 'libxcursor' 'glu' 'pango' 'colord')
 [ "$CARCH" == 'armv6h' ] && makedepends=('raspberrypi-firmware')
 source=("http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz")
-sha1sums=('ef3a7b744f64b761b2f2c2fee1e9a8512adf78a1')
+sha1sums=('931a7a99a0b8ca03c28cd277525c5176dd7e02ce')
 
 build() {
 	cd $pkgname-$pkgver