diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
index f6770e287c..af97ebca18 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://downloads.apache.org/logging/log4cxx/1.6.1/apache-log4cxx-1.6.1.tar.gz.sha512
-sha512  6ee406314bd7ab02a46c98cc8a0d5ad5aec8928a23716a81a152775ca315cd3b950d600b2e221d5b4a88416ae9bbda1215fae43626107feea4df2f3e074303ad  apache-log4cxx-1.6.1.tar.gz
+# From https://downloads.apache.org/logging/log4cxx/1.7.0/apache-log4cxx-1.7.0.tar.gz.sha512
+sha512  0e94946457423689af6d85074ab97b717e0cec85a4f548e6650b060e8f98b780f980b7d4a7780410fa64681376fb4bc62fab6ed9068fc944e07f9f32ac0413af  apache-log4cxx-1.7.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
index 57f9b1e844..ea47073d3c 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LOG4CXX_VERSION = 1.6.1
+LOG4CXX_VERSION = 1.7.0
 LOG4CXX_SITE = https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/$(LOG4CXX_VERSION)
 LOG4CXX_SOURCE = apache-log4cxx-$(LOG4CXX_VERSION).tar.gz
 LOG4CXX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES