diff --git a/nixos/tests/radicle.nix b/nixos/tests/radicle.nix
index 21fc208d8255..e802be63e83d 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/radicle.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/radicle.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  interactive.sshBackdoor.enable = true;
+  interactive.defaults.virtualisation.graphics = false;
+
   testScript =
     { nodes, ... }@args:
     ''
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ in
         )
       with subtest("bob can sync bob's repository from the seed"):
         bob.succeed(
-          "cd /tmp/repo && rad sync --seed ${seed-nid}",
+          "cd /tmp/repo && rad sync --fetch --seed ${seed-nid}",
           "cd /tmp/repo && git pull"
         )
         assert bob.succeed("cat /tmp/repo/testfile") == "hello bob\n"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
index 4cad77577500..ee0d3e98845b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
   xdg-utils,
   versionCheckHook,
 
-  version ? "1.6.1",
-  srcHash ? "sha256-7kwtWuYdYG3MDHThCkY5OZmx4pWaQXMYoOlJszmV2rM=",
-  cargoHash ? "sha256-59RyfSUJNoQ7EtQK3OSYOIO/YVEjeeM9ovbojHFX4pI=",
+  version ? "1.7.0",
+  srcHash ? "sha256-8/+ximoCPfNQJ/1APb0d5Z8kfWTI3SoN0RX9qrLP52o=",
+  cargoHash ? "sha256-xo8bH7f5MrUzoLat67rxiWMA24AnCngUkWWt402XAMQ=",
   updateScript ? ./update.sh,
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/unstable.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/unstable.nix
index 2f2fd8f30a34..d0727de810e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/unstable.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { radicle-node }:
 
 radicle-node.override {
-  version = "1.7.0-rc.1";
-  srcHash = "sha256-eq7rUzTbmPb0pRfcFnWP4vrbCTbXW9N4BleDCMUnLH8=";
-  cargoHash = "sha256-OkgWdu+7FY1tq0bjMbhjqjlJT9ZUgR8i12LhqyFJi+A=";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+  srcHash = "sha256-8/+ximoCPfNQJ/1APb0d5Z8kfWTI3SoN0RX9qrLP52o=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-xo8bH7f5MrUzoLat67rxiWMA24AnCngUkWWt402XAMQ=";
   updateScript = ./update-unstable.sh;
 }