diff --git a/package/picocom/picocom.mk b/package/picocom/picocom.mk
index 4298faa7d4..8f8ad20017 100644
--- a/package/picocom/picocom.mk
+++ b/package/picocom/picocom.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PICOCOM_VERSION = 1.6
+PICOCOM_VERSION = 1.7
 PICOCOM_SITE    = http://picocom.googlecode.com/files/
 
 define PICOCOM_BUILD_CMDS