diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index e8762ae2c7..ca332f279a 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yq
-PKG_VERSION:=4.16.1
+PKG_VERSION:=4.16.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=e96eb45992849d2e90f2f96b39dc713c345adafb6db551644118e58192565dd9
+PKG_HASH:=beb0f292d8375cddb82d25f11f5c203073c1d3e2437807450ddcad31758be8aa
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT