diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk
index e808d542c6..6e635f2ca6 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="jq"
-PKG_VERSION="aea8efaf0bc99ad5776038380f68939fef2fd0cb"
-PKG_SHA256="71191c9386e2311600cadf944ec584feb155d1cc786662ab48d5b75abe632462"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.0"
+PKG_SHA256="91811577f91d9a6195ff50c2bffec9b72c8429dc05ec3ea022fd95c06d2b319c"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/jqlang/jq/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain oniguruma"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Command-line JSON processor"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
                            --enable-static \