diff --git a/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild b/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
index c3cd787e89..2db74c2d49 100644
--- a/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=pv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.20}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-DOCS="COPYING INSTALL NEWS PACKAGE TODO VERSION"
+DOCS="*.md"
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
diff --git a/system/pv/pv.info b/system/pv/pv.info
index b092da4c11..1b17b24e1d 100644
--- a/system/pv/pv.info
+++ b/system/pv/pv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pv"
-VERSION="1.6.20"
+VERSION="1.7.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml"
-DOWNLOAD="https://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.6.20.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="85b25c827add82ebdd5a58a5ffde1d7d"
+DOWNLOAD="https://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.7.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="a5a12b9387db6a95014d9dcd7ac364c2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""