diff --git a/srcpkgs/cronie/template b/srcpkgs/cronie/template
index 3f8fbbcc4f3..b9d6e4a2d39 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cronie/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cronie/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cronie'
 pkgname=cronie
-version=1.6.1
+version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-inotify --without-selinux --with-pam
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cronie-crond/cronie/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/download/cronie-${version}/cronie-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2cd0f0dd1680e6b9c39bf1e3a5e7ad6df76aa940de1ee90a453633aa59984e62
+checksum=6827f5a47760cc64afeef0a60d3cb5376f52569109fc9a73957dd5e9fdae7619
 make_dirs="
 	/etc/cron.d 0755 root root
 	/etc/cron.hourly 0755 root root