diff --git a/package/flashrom/flashrom.hash b/package/flashrom/flashrom.hash
index 0e1faf34e7..4ffb34720d 100644
--- a/package/flashrom/flashrom.hash
+++ b/package/flashrom/flashrom.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  3f4dc7878e962e165b7eba73104d4e61231f9d4e838eb47df6ca3d87060a2aa5  flashrom-1.5.1.tar.gz
-sha256  ab15fd526bd8dd18a9e77ebc139656bf4d33e97fc7238cd11bf60e2b9b8666c6  COPYING
+sha256  c5a8892158bd749aadfee6e114eec268130cdd8c2027fd1ddf44273755b07b59  flashrom-1.7.0.tar.gz
+sha256  e51c99ee054c216999e7a8db04a2e7a6b39915dccc8a58e54b48a720e0c4158a  COPYING.rst
diff --git a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
index f253c5f9d8..8e1fb47905 100644
--- a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
+++ b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FLASHROM_VERSION = 1.5.1
+FLASHROM_VERSION = 1.7.0
 FLASHROM_SITE = $(call github,flashrom,flashrom,v$(FLASHROM_VERSION))
 FLASHROM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
-FLASHROM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+FLASHROM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.rst
 FLASHROM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FLASHROM_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dclassic_cli=enabled \