diff --git a/srcpkgs/jq/template b/srcpkgs/jq/template
index 26928ff9b44..b8d4f9617d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jq/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'jq'
 pkgname=jq
-version=1.6
-revision=4
+version=1.7
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
 makedepends="oniguruma-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-${version}/jq-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5de8c8e29aaa3fb9cc6b47bb27299f271354ebb72514e3accadc7d38b5bbaa72
+checksum=402a0d6975d946e6f4e484d1a84320414a0ff8eb6cf49d2c11d144d4d344db62
 CFLAGS=" -D_LARGE_FILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
 
 pre_configure() {