diff --git a/.abf.yml b/.abf.yml
index 665d363..cb4003f 100644
--- a/.abf.yml
+++ b/.abf.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 sources:
-  element-desktop-1.11.69.tar.gz: 2fb37bd78f919595f5f9284168c38d2b1122d6e8
+  element-desktop-1.11.70.tar.gz: 6768ee5c8129557f3de86f8cc3e86da76134fd14
   element-v1.11.58.tar.gz: 8f3e976c189917564d6021085eb89e864055d735
   element-v1.11.59.tar.gz: cb6225f1fed5541e9559ec815950788608ae394f
   element-v1.11.61.tar.gz: 1aff72d26e90feb8671ba6d9595b419641ebc64f
   element-v1.11.69.tar.gz: 24e2772fd52d2540a5b9bf6bfa19cbb78da0e587
+  element-v1.11.70.tar.gz: 8ed8e40bcd845aa57b9c6e9423395a0bdd4df096
diff --git a/element.spec b/element.spec
index a030889..e177933 100644
--- a/element.spec
+++ b/element.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Summary:	Client for the decentralized and secure protocol Matrix
 Name:		element
-Version:	1.11.69
+Version:	1.11.70
 Release:	1
 License:	ASL 2.0
 Group:		Networking/Instant messaging
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Source0:	https://github.com/vector-im/%{oname}/archive/v%{version}/%{oname}-%{ve
 Source1:    https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-v%{version}.tar.gz
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
 BuildRequires:	yarn
-BuildRequires:	nodejs-bootstrap-bin >= 16
+BuildRequires:	nodejs-bootstrap-bin >= 16 
+# (18.18.0)
 #BuildRequires:  nodejs14
 BuildRequires:	git-core
 BuildRequires:  curl