diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index 911848e37c..2af4ee1b7b 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yq
-PKG_VERSION:=4.17.2
+PKG_VERSION:=4.18.1
 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:=a1bd57ef70e9a8457b977de006d2904fdceae462eb548e8a89de8f1b1b727369
+PKG_HASH:=9883f6292fc5b2cc697a2f7f7441965948545831265af8dad51a4b12696be086
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT