diff --git a/3rdparty/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
index 72e5c52133..7805b0e6e4 100644
--- a/3rdparty/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 project(hunspell)
 
-set(HUNSPELL_VERSION 1.6.2)
+set(HUNSPELL_VERSION 1.7.0)
 
 set(SRCDIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${HUNSPELL_VERSION}/src)