diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index c14ae1231..8ce288383 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
----------------------------
+----------------------------
+pkgcheck 0.10.7 (2021-09-03)
+----------------------------
+
+- bump eclass cache version after API changes in pkgcore 0.12.7.
+
+----------------------------
 pkgcheck 0.10.6 (2021-09-02)
----------------------------
+----------------------------
 
 - add a check for calling EXPORT_FUNCTIONS before further inherits.
 
diff --git a/requirements/install.txt b/requirements/install.txt
index 06b397d12..4e8e51c6f 100644
--- a/requirements/install.txt
+++ b/requirements/install.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ lxml
 pathspec
 tree-sitter~=0.19.0
 snakeoil~=0.9.6
-pkgcore~=0.12.5
+pkgcore~=0.12.7
diff --git a/requirements/pyproject.toml b/requirements/pyproject.toml
index 61e2c61c3..8b536657e 100644
--- a/requirements/pyproject.toml
+++ b/requirements/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ requires = [
 	"pathspec",
 	"tree-sitter~=0.19.0",
 	"snakeoil~=0.9.6",
-	"pkgcore~=0.12.5",
+	"pkgcore~=0.12.7",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/src/pkgcheck/addons/eclass.py b/src/pkgcheck/addons/eclass.py
index ade6a5d49..7e354f8e3 100644
--- a/src/pkgcheck/addons/eclass.py
+++ b/src/pkgcheck/addons/eclass.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class EclassAddon(caches.CachedAddon):
     """Eclass support for various checks."""
 
     # cache registry
-    cache = caches.CacheData(type='eclass', file='eclass.pickle', version=3)
+    cache = caches.CacheData(type='eclass', file='eclass.pickle', version=4)
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         super().__init__(*args)