diff --git a/srcpkgs/gzip/template b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
index 69574c3fd1..e85c2aea5f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gzip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gzip'
 pkgname=gzip
-version=1.6
-revision=9
+version=1.7
+revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GNU compression utility (replacement for compress)"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=37dfed1a485d53212c43b3fa2a7c7952f09bf5cd86e37121c222341ee1b27847
+checksum=fb31c57e7ce7703596ef57329be7cc5c5fd741b4a0f659fea7ee6a54706b41ab