diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c4e7d3715..417b15d8ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ exit
 [![vendir](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/vendir/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avendir) | 0.14.0     |  Easy way to vendor portions of git repos, github releases, helm charts, docker image contents, etc. declaratively.
 [![venona](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/venona/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avenona) | 0.32.2     | Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 [![vert](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/vert/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avert) | 0.1.0      | Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
-[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/yq/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.3.2      | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/yq/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.4.0      | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/badges.md b/docs/badges.md
index 0d2bdfabab..f857c8684e 100644
--- a/docs/badges.md
+++ b/docs/badges.md
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@
 [![vendir](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/vendir/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avendir) | 0.14.0     |  Easy way to vendor portions of git repos, github releases, helm charts, docker image contents, etc. declaratively.
 [![venona](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/venona/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avenona) | 0.32.2     | Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 [![vert](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/vert/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avert) | 0.1.0      | Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
-[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/yq/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.3.2      | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/workflows/yq/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.4.0      | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
diff --git a/docs/targets.md b/docs/targets.md
index 3e929c6bb2..5e74c167d8 100644
--- a/docs/targets.md
+++ b/docs/targets.md
@@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ vault                     1.6.1      Hashicorp vault
 vendir                    0.14.0      Easy way to vendor portions of git repos, github releases, helm charts, docker image contents, etc. declaratively.
 venona                    0.32.2     Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 vert                      0.1.0      Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
-yq                        4.3.2      yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+yq                        4.4.0      yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
 ```
 <!-- markdownlint-restore -->
diff --git a/vendor/yq/VERSION b/vendor/yq/VERSION
index cc2fbe89b6..fdc6698807 100644
--- a/vendor/yq/VERSION
+++ b/vendor/yq/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.3.2
+4.4.0