diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
index 82d806343..df5b5b9d8 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ endif()
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:${LIBMESH_PC}")
 set(PKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH True)
-pkg_check_modules(LIBMESH REQUIRED ${LIBMESH_PC_FILE}>=1.6.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
-pkg_get_variable(LIBMESH_PREFIX ${LIBMESH_PC_FILE} prefix)
\ No newline at end of file
+pkg_check_modules(LIBMESH REQUIRED ${LIBMESH_PC_FILE}>=1.7.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
+pkg_get_variable(LIBMESH_PREFIX ${LIBMESH_PC_FILE} prefix)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenMCConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/OpenMCConfig.cmake.in
index 3279e5ba8..d0e2beb82 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenMCConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/OpenMCConfig.cmake.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if(@OPENMC_USE_LIBMESH@)
   include(FindPkgConfig)
   list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH @LIBMESH_PREFIX@)
   set(PKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH True)
-  pkg_check_modules(LIBMESH REQUIRED @LIBMESH_PC_FILE@>=1.6.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
+  pkg_check_modules(LIBMESH REQUIRED @LIBMESH_PC_FILE@>=1.7.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
 endif()
 
 find_package(PNG)
diff --git a/src/mesh.cpp b/src/mesh.cpp
index de29233fb..664036885 100644
--- a/src/mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh.cpp
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ void LibMesh::initialize()
 Position LibMesh::centroid(int bin) const
 {
   const auto& elem = this->get_element_from_bin(bin);
-  auto centroid = elem.centroid();
+  auto centroid = elem.vertex_average();
   return {centroid(0), centroid(1), centroid(2)};
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/ci/gha-install-libmesh.sh b/tools/ci/gha-install-libmesh.sh
index 132963820..d592616ed 100755
--- a/tools/ci/gha-install-libmesh.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/gha-install-libmesh.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -ex
 # libMESH install
 pushd $HOME
 mkdir LIBMESH && cd LIBMESH
-git clone https://github.com/libmesh/libmesh -b v1.6.0 --recurse-submodules
+git clone https://github.com/libmesh/libmesh -b v1.7.0 --recurse-submodules
 mkdir build && cd build
 export METHODS="opt"