diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index 4aad2a26c1..e7e84294e3 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yq
-PKG_VERSION:=4.0.0
+PKG_VERSION:=4.1.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=343916095f92925f8ea00554fafa62110cb0f8220afc2961577abbc0c6e48e8f
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=2ff35db36b2d8226d181deb02b8e80ea7f6d4fbe04b7942fc5de2470e91b66d5
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@project-openwrt.eu.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT