diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
index e4f11bf4c88..f80368636cd 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static struct device_info boards[] = {
 			"{product_name:Archer C7,product_ver:5.0.0,special_id:4B520000}\n",
 
 		.support_trail = '\x00',
-		.soft_ver = "soft_ver:1.0.0\n",
+		.soft_ver = "soft_ver:7.0.0\n",
 
 		/* We're using a dynamic kernel/rootfs split here */
 		.partitions = {