diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
index ed7e473..8820901 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="GitLab Distribution Team" \
       description="Build base image for the GitLab Operator project."
 
 ARG KUBEBUILDER_VERSION=2.3.1
-ARG YQ_VERSION=2.4.1
+ARG YQ_VERSION=4.7.0
 ARG HELM_VERSION=3.5.2
 
 RUN go get -u \
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN go get -u \
     && curl --retry 6 -Ls https://go.kubebuilder.io/dl/${KUBEBUILDER_VERSION}/linux/amd64 | tar -xz -C /tmp/ \
     && mv /tmp/kubebuilder_${KUBEBUILDER_VERSION}_linux_amd64 /usr/local/kubebuilder \
     && ln -sfv /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/* /usr/local/bin \
-    && curl --retry 6 -LsO https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${YQ_VERSION}/yq_linux_amd64 \
+    && curl --retry 6 -LsO https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v${YQ_VERSION}/yq_linux_amd64 \
     && chmod +x yq_linux_amd64 \
     && mv yq_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/yq \
     && curl --retry 6 -Ls "https://get.helm.sh/helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /tmp/ \