diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5023e7c7..6144e4fb 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 WinRPM = "c17dfb99-b4f7-5aad-8812-456da1ad7187"
 
 [compat]
-Cairo = "0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6"
+Cairo = "0.7"
 Graphics = "≥ 0.1.0"
 julia = "0.7, 1"
diff --git a/src/cairo.jl b/src/cairo.jl
index 18f41f68..13608d4b 100644
--- a/src/cairo.jl
+++ b/src/cairo.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Cairo._jl_libcairo
+import Cairo.libcairo
 
 # GtkCanvas is the plain Gtk drawing canvas built on Cairo.
 mutable struct GtkCanvas <: GtkDrawingArea # NOT an @GType
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ function cairo_surface_for(widget::GtkCanvas)
 end
 
 function canvas_on_draw_event(::Ptr{GObject}, cc::Ptr{Nothing}, widget::GtkCanvas) # cc is a Cairo context
-    ccall((:cairo_set_source_surface, _jl_libcairo), Nothing,
+    ccall((:cairo_set_source_surface, libcairo), Nothing,
         (Ptr{Nothing}, Ptr{Nothing}, Float64, Float64), cc, widget.back.ptr, 0, 0)
-    ccall((:cairo_paint, _jl_libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
+    ccall((:cairo_paint, libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
     Int32(false) # propagate the event further
 end
 
 function canvas_on_expose_event(::Ptr{GObject}, e::Ptr{Nothing}, widget::GtkCanvas) # e is a GdkEventExpose
     cc = ccall((:gdk_cairo_create, libgdk), Ptr{Nothing}, (Ptr{Nothing},), gdk_window(widget))
-    ccall((:cairo_set_source_surface, _jl_libcairo), Nothing,
+    ccall((:cairo_set_source_surface, libcairo), Nothing,
         (Ptr{Nothing}, Ptr{Nothing}, Float64, Float64), cc, widget.back.ptr, 0, 0)
-    ccall((:cairo_paint, _jl_libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
-    ccall((:cairo_destroy, _jl_libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
+    ccall((:cairo_paint, libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
+    ccall((:cairo_destroy, libcairo), Nothing, (Ptr{Nothing},), cc)
     Int32(false) # propagate the event further
 end