diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbson/template b/srcpkgs/libbson/template
index 646522ce6b0..21e66410810 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbson/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libbson'
 pkgname=libbson
-version=1.6.3
+version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl automake libtool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=94bd5a0accee5da9af22c73e536c404eb110b08b00f2bb1cd813efddaa356312
+checksum=0db9fc9be1a111a3e703ed1a0622817423e8ab11400c525b9fb19aa6d7ef5cbd
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh