diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
similarity index 65%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.6.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
index bfaeed5fe2..d0c70da76f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_git.bb
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://stedolan.github.io/jq/"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues"
 SECTION = "utils"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=15d03e360fa7399f76d5a4359fc72cbf"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2814b59e00e7918c864fa3b6bbe049b4"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/stedolan/${BPN}/releases/download/${BP}/${BP}.tar.gz"
-
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/stedolan/${BPN}/releases"
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "jq\-(?P<pver>(\d+\.\d+))(?!_\d+).tar.gz"
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e68fbd6a992e36f1ac48c99bbf825d6b"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5de8c8e29aaa3fb9cc6b47bb27299f271354ebb72514e3accadc7d38b5bbaa72"
+PV = "1.6+git${SRCPV}"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/stedolan/jq;protocol=https;branch=master"
+SRCREV = "a9f97e9e61a910a374a5d768244e8ad63f407d3e"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep