diff --git a/srcpkgs/yq-go/template b/srcpkgs/yq-go/template
index 1f495211bca..a7f7666c23e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yq-go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yq-go/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'yq-go'
 pkgname=yq-go
-version=4.14.1
+version=4.16.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="yq-${version}"
 build_style=go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/mikefarah/yq"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=294300a8c182c3f8e1f537ad2feebb6d0651f61330f33504bdc502f48992bf84
+checksum=beb0f292d8375cddb82d25f11f5c203073c1d3e2437807450ddcad31758be8aa
 
 do_check() {
 	go test -v