diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index 824b346..ebdd07e 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -1199,6 +1199,11 @@ skopeo_binary_checksums:
     v1.13.0: 0
 yq_checksums:
   arm:
+    v4.44.6: a44410bdbe8bc381bc4d42d3855587fcb795cdf6b5f95c52d0f4991c3f0935e7
+    v4.44.5: 47091fd28756d5921580cba4d79637bc6244c58af41e541b1b92cfc1e06e7b21
+    v4.44.3: a77ed60766057c721e081aa686e10e9d76597da46650c26908b220b67c75525a
+    v4.44.2: dd6a8d52e6e3bf27a93a45b96ec6a8f0e5bc44c020d76442935fda8c972ed1f2
+    v4.44.1: 825f7fdf7eec378c7157a70f27f2ffca87fc49c4a4226a2c854c27c9c9e0ef92
     v4.42.1: 4e3fe0c37793d28e96d465d9958fbf679d8c616e1857d0faf7980ad087f32aee
     v4.41.1: ccd50344652c02574ca7dd123c7d66a06b391838e8ca6088b688e6edf2e25d0c
     v4.40.7: fb922bb1e3974fbd15957feafb5e9bbabe43f4192999cf9b3e0e470815f2e0da
@@ -1207,6 +1212,11 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: 2ff3f17483f2172a20130b16328114bfe6abd7d3068d66d8194a5093079e8529
     v4.40.3: 6a97856e8b4ef992ce08dcfdf97fec517cf612b1a89078406f401673f126c21c
   arm64:
+    v4.44.6: 9477ac3cc447b6c083986129e35af8122eb2b938fe55c9c3e40436fb966e5813
+    v4.44.5: 8205dd975725cd13bf8ecb03a9ef48ef64fdffdbf2e23cbdd7a4462c5e386211
+    v4.44.3: 0e7e1524f68d91b3ff9b089872d185940ab0fa020a5a9052046ef10547023156
+    v4.44.2: d05d9dae44503433e668d097143bfeb102ee7e2d486773ae23aaf81256ed54fd
+    v4.44.1: 8c12fcc10e14774ca6624cc282f092a526568b036fe1192258c3aecbad56d063
     v4.42.1: 16a57531a594b66c3e0981cd93f9e9cd4b684a347b86eaf5e3f409074ad67eb8
     v4.41.1: 066aa930d74e39a25447b1900d8cbb3e1c7df72cd75bc203bc6ae5ee577a5b4a
     v4.40.7: a84f2c8f105b70cd348c3bf14048aeb1665c2e7314cbe9aaff15479f268b8412
@@ -1215,6 +1225,11 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: 79c61a1ebfedb165ec8c4678777775b52e2c581801f5d4cd80f97300852fe0f0
     v4.40.3: 44a5cca10d33019b8a46212882197be4f961dfe7deddde0af497065aa980a6a4
   amd64:
+    v4.44.6: 0c2b24e645b57d8e7c0566d18643a6d4f5580feeea3878127354a46f2a1e4598
+    v4.44.5: 638c4b251c49201fc94b598834b715f8f1c6e9b1854d2820772d2c79f0289002
+    v4.44.3: a2c097180dd884a8d50c956ee16a9cec070f30a7947cf4ebf87d5f36213e9ed7
+    v4.44.2: 246b781828353a59fb04ffaada241f78a8f3f25c623047b40306def1f6806e71
+    v4.44.1: 6dc2d0cd4e0caca5aeffd0d784a48263591080e4a0895abe69f3a76eb50d1ba3
     v4.42.1: 1a95960dddd426321354d58d2beac457717f7c49a9ec0806749a5a9e400eb45e
     v4.41.1: ce0d5a61c256a463fd32f67f133e0c2948bc2cf77d44c42ff335a40e6bef34bf
     v4.40.7: 4f13ee9303a49f7e8f61e7d9c87402e07cc920ae8dfaaa8c10d7ea1b8f9f48ed
@@ -1223,6 +1238,11 @@ yq_checksums:
     v4.40.4: f9163412d9aa2aa55e888fdcaf2b4053ada20074be35f701424caa7163100704
     v4.40.3: 6e9a5ed9591dbf1d13aaec4efaaf0ecdaf4945ea393b9ce01f4c3dea22311470
   ppc64le:
+    v4.44.6: 16dda015a0b9429a7d4afc0e168dd8e59f010edbadda59836c8242eca34d6d97
+    v4.44.5: 071960e23c8b3710cc3216d57b1260f1301c6421aa843b5e46a0ceb2e4f733d2
+    v4.44.3: 785b7cef4109301347fc94b71b6797b65c4c503bd151428c33255b049b212e7e
+    v4.44.2: 2a050adc4864e775dcfb806b7e4e72d9ebf141900db2a372856bfd859c246994
+    v4.44.1: 722a4faefc58483864adb364181ae5579b83fda89c678d89c3097e14c849ec3d
     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..e5507a6 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: "v4.44.6"
 
 github_url: https://github.com
 dl_k8s_io_url: https://dl.k8s.io