diff --git a/package/iproute2/0001-lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch b/package/iproute2/0001-lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c684b030a8..0000000000
--- a/package/iproute2/0001-lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From 7119f3736f689ab396ca4193ac593938affd55fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yureka <yureka@cyberchaos.dev>
-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:39:47 +0200
-Subject: lib: bridge: avoid redefinition of in6_addr
-
-On musl libc, which does not use the kernel definitions of in6_addr, including
-the libc headers after the kernel (UAPI) headers would cause a redefinition
-error. The opposite order avoids the redefinition.
-
-Fixes: 9e89d5b94d749f37525cd8778311e1c9f28f172a
-Signed-off-by: Yureka <yureka@cyberchaos.dev>
-
-Upstream: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=7119f3736f689ab396ca4193ac593938affd55fa
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
----
- lib/bridge.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/bridge.c b/lib/bridge.c
-index 5386aa017..104f5858b 100644
---- a/lib/bridge.c
-+++ b/lib/bridge.c
-@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
- 
- #include <net/if.h>
- 
--#include "bridge.h"
- #include "utils.h"
-+#include "bridge.h"
- 
- void bridge_print_vlan_flags(__u16 flags)
- {
--- 
-cgit 1.2.3-korg
-
diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash b/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
index e743b4fa0d..c918fcd2b3 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # From https://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  9781e59410ab7dea8e9f79bb10ff1488e63d10fcbb70503b94426ba27a8e2dec  iproute2-6.17.0.tar.xz
+sha256  e62890f7b5de63c05a3bf331dc8deb4c015c336013f341a4edf46969797f2f4e  iproute2-7.0.0.tar.xz
 sha256  e6d6a009505e345fe949e1310334fcb0747f28dae2856759de102ab66b722cb4  COPYING
diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index 6d69a20126..4ca49d294e 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IPROUTE2_VERSION = 6.17.0
+IPROUTE2_VERSION = 7.0.0
 IPROUTE2_SOURCE = iproute2-$(IPROUTE2_VERSION).tar.xz
 IPROUTE2_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/net/iproute2
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-pkgconf \