diff --git a/net/syncthing/Makefile b/net/syncthing/Makefile
index 53e8427a17a6..c610f7646bb5 100644
--- a/net/syncthing/Makefile
+++ b/net/syncthing/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	syncthing
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
diff --git a/net/syncthing/distinfo b/net/syncthing/distinfo
index 1c71bea1909b..a9ea85fb8a84 100644
--- a/net/syncthing/distinfo
+++ b/net/syncthing/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1594059270
-SHA256 (syncthing-source-v1.6.1.tar.gz) = f42518d453f7475022b5632420f21a6e0ab8d77f19c29b65ad582bc98e00a0a5
-SIZE (syncthing-source-v1.6.1.tar.gz) = 10825929
+TIMESTAMP = 1594234086
+SHA256 (syncthing-source-v1.7.0.tar.gz) = aee7ee49b65cb614711b9d8a7d468766adbb687fa5ba8f273eef495e4a8e9435
+SIZE (syncthing-source-v1.7.0.tar.gz) = 11594328
diff --git a/net/syncthing/pkg-message b/net/syncthing/pkg-message
deleted file mode 100644
index edce9eb6c413..000000000000
--- a/net/syncthing/pkg-message
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[
-{ type: upgrade
-  maximum_version: 0.14
-  message: <<EOM
-WARNING: This version is not backwards compatible with 0.13.x, 0.12.x, 0.11.x
-nor 0.10.x releases!
-
-For more information, please read:
-
-https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-v0-14-0/7806
-https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.13.0
-https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-v0-11-0-release-notes/2426
-https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-syncthing-v0-12-0-beryllium-bedbug/6026
-EOM
-}
-]