diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f68de54c..13d647a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     using legacy file extensions (#446)
 - Electro-grammar:
   - Problems with floating point tolerances (i.e. 0.1%) (#447)
+- KiCad user template directory autodetection for KiCad 7+
 
 ## [1.6.2] - 2023-04-24
 ### Added
diff --git a/kibot/kicad/config.py b/kibot/kicad/config.py
index e3a4faa3..cf8bf797 100644
--- a/kibot/kicad/config.py
+++ b/kibot/kicad/config.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class KiConf(object):
             if home is None:
                 return None
             if GS.ki6:
-                name = os.path.join(home, '.local', 'share', 'kicad', '6.0', 'template')
+                name = os.path.join(home, '.local', 'share', 'kicad', str(GS.kicad_version_major)+'.0', 'template')
                 if os.path.isdir(name):
                     return name
             name = os.path.join(home, 'kicad', 'template')