diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fe1233..c25530b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ It can only be run on the `self-hosted` platform, running on a host with LXC ins
 | user | Administrator user name | `false` | root |
 | password | Administrator password | `false` | admin1234 |
 | runner | Runner git repository | `false` | https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner |
-| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v1.6.0 |
+| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v1.7.0 |
 | container | Name of the container running the Forgejo instance | `false` | forgejo |
 | lxc-ip-prefix | Class C IP prefix used by LXC | `false` | 10.0.23 |
 <!-- action-docs-inputs -->
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 6810c79..839bf65 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 'https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner'
   runner-version:
     description: 'Runner version'
-    default: 'v1.6.0'
+    default: 'v1.7.0'
   container:
     description: 'Name of the container running the Forgejo instance'
     default: 'forgejo'
diff --git a/forgejo-runner.sh b/forgejo-runner.sh
index d7783a5..8e2fcf3 100755
--- a/forgejo-runner.sh
+++ b/forgejo-runner.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function run() {
 
 function setup() {
     local runner_repository="${1:-https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner}"
-    local version="${2:-v1.6.0}"
+    local version="${2:-v1.7.0}"
     local forgejo="${3:-http://$(cat forgejo-ip):3000/}"
 
     dependencies
diff --git a/testdata/sanity-checks/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/testdata/sanity-checks/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
index bc8e798..f09e670 100644
--- a/testdata/sanity-checks/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/testdata/sanity-checks/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ jobs:
   setup-forgejo:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+          echo about to actions/checkout@v3 for SELF@vTest
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - id: forgejo
         uses: SELF@vTest
         with:
           image-version: 1.19
       - run: |
+          echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+          echo sanity checking the reset of setup-forgejo
           set -ex
           test "${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.token }}"
           test "FORGEJO_TOKEN" -a "FORGEJO_TOKEN" != F'O'RGEJO_TOKEN