diff --git a/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk b/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
index 9824fc45a1..a053379bf8 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # libxcb
 #
 #############################################################
-LIBXCB_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBXCB_VERSION = 1.7
 LIBXCB_SOURCE = libxcb-$(LIBXCB_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBXCB_SITE = http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/