diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/yq.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/yq.sh
index 0f7089b82..3c9138736 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/yq.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/yq.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@
 # Source the helpers for use with the script
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
-YQ_BINARY=yq_linux_amd64
-
-# As per https://github.com/mikefarah/yq#wget
-YQ_URL=$(get_github_package_download_url "mikefarah/yq" "endswith(\"$YQ_BINARY.tar.gz\")")
-echo "Downloading latest yq from $YQ_URL"
-
-download_with_retries "$YQ_URL" "/tmp" "${YQ_BINARY}.tar.gz"
-tar xzf "/tmp/${YQ_BINARY}.tar.gz" -C "/tmp"
-mv /tmp/${YQ_BINARY} /usr/bin/yq
+YQ_URL="https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64"
+download_with_retries "$YQ_URL" "/usr/bin" "yq"
+chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
 
 invoke_tests "Tools" "yq"