diff --git a/roles/chrony_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/chrony_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 48b03d60d..9783ffe47 100644
--- a/roles/chrony_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/chrony_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-chrony_exporter_version: 0.6.1
+chrony_exporter_version: 0.7.0
 chrony_exporter_binary_local_dir: ""
 chrony_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _chrony_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ chrony_exporter_version }}/\
                            chrony_exporter-{{ chrony_exporter_version }}.linux-{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/chrony_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/chrony_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index bc432f6b9..0dfe68770 100644
--- a/roles/chrony_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/chrony_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       chrony_exporter_version:
         description: "Chrony exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "1.6.0"
+        default: "0.7.0"
       chrony_exporter_skip_install:
         description: "Chrony exporter installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool