diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de364d0c5a..04a6ceb625 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ vault \[frozen\] | 1.14.8     | Hashicorp vault
 [![venona](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/venona.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avenona)* | 1.10.5     | Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 [![vert](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/vert.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avert) | 0.1.0      | Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
 [![yajsv](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yajsv.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayajsv)* | 1.4.1      | Yet Another JSON Schema Validator [CLI]
-[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yq.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.44.5     | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yq.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.44.6     | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
 
 
 ## Related Projects
diff --git a/docs/badges.md b/docs/badges.md
index 297795cce5..2493451a57 100644
--- a/docs/badges.md
+++ b/docs/badges.md
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@ vault \[frozen\] | 1.14.8     | Hashicorp vault
 [![venona](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/venona.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avenona)* | 1.10.5     | Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 [![vert](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/vert.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Avert) | 0.1.0      | Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
 [![yajsv](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yajsv.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayajsv)* | 1.4.1      | Yet Another JSON Schema Validator [CLI]
-[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yq.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.44.5     | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+[![yq](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions/workflows/yq.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cloudposse/packages/actions?query=workflow%3Ayq) | 4.44.6     | yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
diff --git a/docs/targets.md b/docs/targets.md
index 194d59d095..1e170126ce 100644
--- a/docs/targets.md
+++ b/docs/targets.md
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ vendir                    0.42.0     Easy way to vendor portions of git repos, g
 venona*                   1.10.5     Codefresh runtime-environment agent
 vert                      0.1.0      Simple CLI for comparing two or more versions
 yajsv*                    1.4.1      Yet Another JSON Schema Validator [CLI]
-yq                        4.44.5     yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
+yq                        4.44.6     yq is a portable command-line YAML processor
 ```
 <!-- markdownlint-restore -->
diff --git a/vendor/yq/VERSION b/vendor/yq/VERSION
index 4f67682796..38c170da00 100644
--- a/vendor/yq/VERSION
+++ b/vendor/yq/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.44.5
+4.44.6