diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxkbcommon/template b/srcpkgs/libxkbcommon/template
index 5a1c24fe850..3e1d3167d6a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxkbcommon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxkbcommon/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libxkbcommon'
 pkgname=libxkbcommon
-version=1.6.0
-revision=2
+version=1.7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
 # b_ndebug=false is needed to pass the test suite, as it relies on side effects
 # in the arguments of assert calls.
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison wayland-protocols wayland-devel"
 makedepends="xkeyboard-config libxcb-devel wayland-devel wayland-protocols
  xorgproto libxml2-devel"
 depends="xkeyboard-config"
+checkdepends="${depends} xvfb-run"
 short_desc="Library to handle keyboard descriptions"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://xkbcommon.org/"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/master/NEWS"
+changelog="https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/NEWS.md"
 distfiles="https://xkbcommon.org/download/libxkbcommon-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0edc14eccdd391514458bc5f5a4b99863ed2d651e4dd761a90abf4f46ef99c2b
+checksum=65782f0a10a4b455af9c6baab7040e2f537520caa2ec2092805cdfd36863b247
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE