diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index 58254df8fb..b4283c09ba 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yq
-PKG_VERSION:=4.40.4
+PKG_VERSION:=4.40.5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=ac89c7e33ad6c62985d9c695251f66143562be10a07a2b70d14334aa3b94f764
+PKG_HASH:=6ab08e0332697cf6a95383a38fd70c5162d00c0e28ea4b2311e9646b664aabe3
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT