diff --git a/system/jq/jq.SlackBuild b/system/jq/jq.SlackBuild
index 1eb07bf60a..5c0ac10f05 100644
--- a/system/jq/jq.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/jq/jq.SlackBuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for jq
 
 # Copyright 2015, 2018 Gary Herreman <gary@garyrh.com>
+# Copyright 2024 Isaac Yu <isaacyu@protonmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=jq
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -38,9 +39,6 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -97,15 +95,11 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | gr
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
-# Put docs into proper directory.
-mv $PKG/usr/share/doc $PKG/usr
-mv $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-rmdir $PKG/usr/share
-
-cp -a ChangeLog KEYS NEWS docs/ $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS.md README.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
-rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+# Address sbopkglint gripes
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.{la,a}
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
diff --git a/system/jq/jq.info b/system/jq/jq.info
index 7215833cec..dec92480e9 100644
--- a/system/jq/jq.info
+++ b/system/jq/jq.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="jq"
-VERSION="1.6"
-HOMEPAGE="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-1.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="e68fbd6a992e36f1ac48c99bbf825d6b"
+VERSION="1.7.1"
+HOMEPAGE="https://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.7.1/jq-1.7.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="974a340105ecb43add8c55601525f9fc"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="Gary Herreman"
-EMAIL="gary@garyrh.com"
+MAINTAINER="Isaac Yu"
+EMAIL="isaacyu@protonmail.com"
diff --git a/system/jq/slack-desc b/system/jq/slack-desc
index b5de0b89fc..0919f74c3f 100644
--- a/system/jq/slack-desc
+++ b/system/jq/slack-desc
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jq: jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter
 jq: and map and transform structured data with the same ease that
 jq: sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text.
 jq:
-jq: Homepage: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
+jq: Homepage: https://jqlang.github.io/jq/
 jq:
 jq: