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jq version history

Command-line JSON processor for filtering, transforming, and inspecting JSON data.

Current verified version1.8.2

Verified 2026-08-23 from jq GitHub releases.

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12 stable release records

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  1. 1.8.2jq 1.8.2

    This is a patch release with security fixes and bug fixes since 1.8.1, along with new builds for Windows arm64 and Docker arm/v7.

    securityremovalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  2. 1.8.1jq 1.8.1

    This is a patch release to fix security, performance, and build issues found in 1.8.0.

    securityknown issuefeaturefix
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  3. 1.8.0jq 1.8.0

    We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.8.0.

    securitydeprecationremovalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  4. 1.7.1jq 1.7.1

    CVE-2023-50246: Fix heap buffer overflow in jvp\_literal\_number\_literal

    securityremovalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  5. 1.7jq 1.7

    After a five year hiatus we're back with a GitHub organization, with new admins and new maintainers who have brought a great deal of energy to make a long-awaited and long-neede…

    deprecationremovalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  6. 1.6jq 1.6

    New in this release since 1.5:

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  7. 1.5jq 1.5

    Thanks to the 20+ developers who have sent us PRs since 1.4, and the many contributors to issues and the wiki.

    deprecationfeature
    Official release ↗
  8. 1.1jq 1.1
    Official release ↗
  9. 1.0jq 1.0
    Official release ↗
  10. 1.2jq 1.2
    Official release ↗
  11. 1.3jq 1.3

    The manual for jq 1.3 can be found at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.3/

    Official release ↗
  12. 1.4jq 1.4

    The manual for jq 1.4 can be found at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.4/

    Official release ↗

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2026-08-23

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