diff --git a/gnu/packages/apr.scm b/gnu/packages/apr.scm
index 1a4a1c6304..5ef1488218 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/apr.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/apr.scm
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages apr)
 (define-public apr
   (package
     (name "apr")
-    (version "1.6.5")
+    (version "1.7.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://apache/apr/apr-"
                                  version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "01d1n1ql66bxsjx0wyzazmkqdqdmr0is6a7lwyy5kzy4z7yajz56"))
+               "1spp6r2a3xcl5yajm9safhzyilsdzgagc2dadif8x6z9nbq4iqg2"))
              (patches
               (search-patches "apr-skip-getservbyname-test.patch"))
              (patch-flags '("-p0"))))