diff --git a/package/jq/Config.in b/package/jq/Config.in
index 5edb5d0989..ed2e0fa34f 100644
--- a/package/jq/Config.in
+++ b/package/jq/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JQ
 	  filter and map and transform structured data with the same
 	  ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text.
 
-	  http://stedolan.github.io/jq/
+	  https://jqlang.github.io/jq/
 
 comment "jq needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/jq/jq.hash b/package/jq/jq.hash
index 125781385c..6c2db98e87 100644
--- a/package/jq/jq.hash
+++ b/package/jq/jq.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  20249104d4df2247253df6df4a980b8be1f5232f03fef7cd41bacb7e6eab04fd  jq-a17dd3248a666d01be75f6b16be37e80e20b0954.tar.gz
-sha256  c8437d414ca5b394718784c3bf5bdff7f01fee417625fabf1fb722ca263037da  COPYING
+sha256  402a0d6975d946e6f4e484d1a84320414a0ff8eb6cf49d2c11d144d4d344db62  jq-1.7.tar.gz
+sha256  10e974638a41fadfd72357f2f3a4325e20b856c563365128f72feaa406f8c92d  COPYING
diff --git a/package/jq/jq.mk b/package/jq/jq.mk
index 7f890f8998..d886459dcc 100644
--- a/package/jq/jq.mk
+++ b/package/jq/jq.mk
@@ -4,25 +4,18 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JQ_VERSION = a17dd3248a666d01be75f6b16be37e80e20b0954
-JQ_SITE = $(call github,stedolan,jq,$(JQ_VERSION))
+JQ_VERSION = 1.7
+JQ_SITE = https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-$(JQ_VERSION)
 JQ_LICENSE = MIT (code), ICU (decNumber), CC-BY-3.0 (documentation)
 JQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 JQ_CPE_ID_VENDOR = jq_project
 JQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-# currently using git version directly
-JQ_AUTORECONF = YES
-
 # uses c99 specific features
-# _GNU_SOURCE added to fix gcc6+ host compilation
-# (https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1598)
-JQ_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE"
-HOST_JQ_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS) -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+JQ_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99"
+HOST_JQ_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS) -std=c99"
 
-# jq explicitly enables maintainer mode, which we don't need/want
-JQ_CONF_OPTS += --disable-maintainer-mode
-HOST_JQ_CONF_OPTS += --disable-maintainer-mode --without-oniguruma
+HOST_JQ_CONF_OPTS += --without-oniguruma
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ONIGURUMA),y)
 JQ_DEPENDENCIES += oniguruma