diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/jq b/config/rootfiles/common/jq
index 7413eb883..4527dd6db 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/jq
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/jq
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ usr/bin/jq
 #usr/lib/libjq.so
 usr/lib/libjq.so.1
 usr/lib/libjq.so.1.0.4
+#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libjq.pc
 #usr/share/doc/jq
 #usr/share/doc/jq/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/jq/COPYING
-#usr/share/doc/jq/README
+#usr/share/doc/jq/NEWS.md
 #usr/share/doc/jq/README.md
 #usr/share/man/man1/jq.1
diff --git a/lfs/jq b/lfs/jq
index f67961990..17fc8e88e 100644
--- a/lfs/jq
+++ b/lfs/jq
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2020  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2023  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.6
+VER        = 1.7
 
 THISAPP    = jq-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = c9be1314e9d027247de63492ee362e996ef85faf45a47ee421cad95ebde9188bff8d3fc7db64e717ab922e1052f3b1c1500f5589fc5b2199ab66effb000e442d
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = eec09a90ab1b131e18ed02ffdb7070df98f540b6c54d3cf225d2171527ec384e651cf83325569707798152af3e89d9c3fa2326c86164d2535e774ddc3926112b
 
 install : $(TARGET)