diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.1.bb
similarity index 90%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.1.bb
index 4aaf27da9a..b9383c76f7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jq/jq_1.8.1.bb
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ DESCRIPTION = "jq is like sed for JSON data, you can use it to slice and \
 HOMEPAGE = "https://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues"
 SECTION = "utils"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=08ffb5ac7e7e6bfc66968b89f01f512a"
+LICENSE = "MIT & BSD-2-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=cf7fcb0a1def4a7ad62c028f7d0dca47"
 
 GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/jqlang/${BPN}/releases/"
 SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/${BPN}-${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
     file://run-ptest \
     "
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "91811577f91d9a6195ff50c2bffec9b72c8429dc05ec3ea022fd95c06d2b319c"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2be64e7129cecb11d5906290eba10af694fb9e3e7f9fc208a311dc33ca837eb0"
 
 inherit autotools github-releases ptest