diff --git a/protocol/wayland.xml b/protocol/wayland.xml
index 62f025ba..ea17c413 100644
--- a/protocol/wayland.xml
+++ b/protocol/wayland.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     </event>
   </interface>
 
-  <interface name="wl_compositor" version="6">
+  <interface name="wl_compositor" version="7">
     <description summary="the compositor singleton">
       A compositor.  This object is a singleton global.  The
       compositor is in charge of combining the contents of multiple
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@
       </description>
       <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_region" summary="the new region"/>
     </request>
+
+    <!-- Version 7 additions -->
+
+    <request name="release" type="destructor" since="7">
+      <description summary="destroy wl_compositor">
+        This request destroys the wl_compositor. This has no effect on any other objects.
+      </description>
+    </request>
   </interface>
 
   <interface name="wl_shm_pool" version="2">
@@ -1415,7 +1423,7 @@
     </event>
   </interface>
 
-  <interface name="wl_surface" version="6">
+  <interface name="wl_surface" version="7">
     <description summary="an onscreen surface">
       A surface is a rectangular area that may be displayed on zero
       or more outputs, and shown any number of times at the compositor's
@@ -3049,7 +3057,7 @@
     </event>
   </interface>
 
-  <interface name="wl_region" version="6">
+  <interface name="wl_region" version="7">
     <description summary="region interface">
       A region object describes an area.