diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.6.4.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.7.0.bb
similarity index 89%
rename from meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.6.4.bb
rename to meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.7.0.bb
index ffe00d8653..15a91cfb27 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.6.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_1.7.0.bb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5bdf47bbc9a39dc6ce076d59e322dc17"
 
 DEPENDS = "curl openssl zlib libssh2 libgcrypt libpcre2"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git;branch=maint/v1.6;protocol=https"
-SRCREV = "e6325351ceee58cf56f58bdce61b38907805544f"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git;branch=maint/v1.7;protocol=https"
+SRCREV = "3e2baa6d0bfb42f9016e24cba1733a6ae26a8ae6"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"