diff --git a/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl b/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
index 22d198d..5402423 100644
--- a/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
+++ b/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ CILIUMCTL_VERSION=0.12.12
 
 #https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=mikefarah/yq extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$
-YQ_VERSION=4.30.8
+YQ_VERSION=4.40.1
 
 #https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=istio/istio