diff --git a/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.recipe b/app-misc/jq/jq-1.8.1.recipe
similarity index 95%
rename from app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.recipe
rename to app-misc/jq/jq-1.8.1.recipe
index 6d3274f4f..4d9959367 100644
--- a/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.recipe
+++ b/app-misc/jq/jq-1.8.1.recipe
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ is often shorter and simpler than you’d expect."
 HOMEPAGE="http://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
 COPYRIGHT="2012,2015 Stephen Dolan"
 LICENSE="MIT"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-$portVersion/jq-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="402a0d6975d946e6f4e484d1a84320414a0ff8eb6cf49d2c11d144d4d344db62"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="2be64e7129cecb11d5906290eba10af694fb9e3e7f9fc208a311dc33ca837eb0"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"