diff --git a/network-protection/network-protection-impl/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.kt b/network-protection/network-protection-impl/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.kt
index 900e144b7916..87f1546d9c4b 100644
--- a/network-protection/network-protection-impl/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.kt
+++ b/network-protection/network-protection-impl/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.kt
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ class GoBackend @Inject constructor(
         return shouldAllowDomain(sni, uid)
     }
 
+    // Called from native code
+    @Suppress("unused")
+    fun recordMalwareBlock(domain: String) {
+        logcat { "Malware blocked in $domain" }
+    }
+
     private fun shouldAllowDomain(
         name: String,
         uid: Int,
diff --git a/versions.properties b/versions.properties
index 0ea6b052d5c3..12f817a03241 100644
--- a/versions.properties
+++ b/versions.properties
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ version.com.airbnb.android..lottie=5.2.0
 
 version.com.android.installreferrer..installreferrer=2.2
 
-version.com.duckduckgo.netguard..netguard-android=1.6.12
+version.com.duckduckgo.netguard..netguard-android=1.7.0
 
 version.com.duckduckgo.synccrypto..sync-crypto-android=0.3.0