diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index 824b346..7082514 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ skopeo_binary_checksums:
     v1.13.0: 0
 yq_checksums:
   arm:
+    v4.45.1: 64ee13e2a9712a53d832483ad9089c40593e196cae196c10ed760164415cb3fc
     v4.42.1: 4e3fe0c37793d28e96d465d9958fbf679d8c616e1857d0faf7980ad087f32aee
     v4.41.1: ccd50344652c02574ca7dd123c7d66a06b391838e8ca6088b688e6edf2e25d0c
     v4.40.7: fb922bb1e3974fbd15957feafb5e9bbabe43f4192999cf9b3e0e470815f2e0da
@@ -1207,6 +1208,7 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: 2ff3f17483f2172a20130b16328114bfe6abd7d3068d66d8194a5093079e8529
     v4.40.3: 6a97856e8b4ef992ce08dcfdf97fec517cf612b1a89078406f401673f126c21c
   arm64:
+    v4.45.1: ceea73d4c86f2e5c91926ee0639157121f5360da42beeb8357783d79c2cc6a1d
     v4.42.1: 16a57531a594b66c3e0981cd93f9e9cd4b684a347b86eaf5e3f409074ad67eb8
     v4.41.1: 066aa930d74e39a25447b1900d8cbb3e1c7df72cd75bc203bc6ae5ee577a5b4a
     v4.40.7: a84f2c8f105b70cd348c3bf14048aeb1665c2e7314cbe9aaff15479f268b8412
@@ -1215,6 +1217,7 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: 79c61a1ebfedb165ec8c4678777775b52e2c581801f5d4cd80f97300852fe0f0
     v4.40.3: 44a5cca10d33019b8a46212882197be4f961dfe7deddde0af497065aa980a6a4
   amd64:
+    v4.45.1: 654d2943ca1d3be2024089eb4f270f4070f491a0610481d128509b2834870049
     v4.42.1: 1a95960dddd426321354d58d2beac457717f7c49a9ec0806749a5a9e400eb45e
     v4.41.1: ce0d5a61c256a463fd32f67f133e0c2948bc2cf77d44c42ff335a40e6bef34bf
     v4.40.7: 4f13ee9303a49f7e8f61e7d9c87402e07cc920ae8dfaaa8c10d7ea1b8f9f48ed
@@ -1223,6 +1226,7 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: f9163412d9aa2aa55e888fdcaf2b4053ada20074be35f701424caa7163100704
     v4.40.3: 6e9a5ed9591dbf1d13aaec4efaaf0ecdaf4945ea393b9ce01f4c3dea22311470
   ppc64le:
+    v4.45.1: fd613a15f31105865aad2a40297c3030495d37927f184d4bd1d6cb6f5965e5e3
     v4.42.1: d0d1cdbd2c4a7e6995433baf879cadaa47f6f12290e1661ea11933ed90baccb6
     v4.41.1: eed2af79d0ad787878b2d5c7c592e43ac152208d9ed432b42a43663167e276e8
     v4.40.7: ac0e8d06a7ed9afc108b4e2e9d6900312b01757f61b75fcecb809f15c39b10e7
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 067b673..eb4739c 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ scheduler_plugins_supported_versions:
   v1.28: v0.28.9
 scheduler_plugins_version: "{{ scheduler_plugins_supported_versions[kube_major_version] }}"
 
-yq_version: "v4.42.1"
+yq_version: "v4.45.1"
 
 github_url: https://github.com
 dl_k8s_io_url: https://dl.k8s.io