diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 13877aa..03c401c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 1.6.0
 -----
 
+* Update to jq 1.7.
+
 * Add support for building with Cython 3.
 
 * Add support for building with the system libjq and libonig instead of building
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9058b30..9e90d73 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ jq.py: a lightweight and flexible JSON processor
 ================================================
 
 This project contains Python bindings for
-`jq <http://stedolan.github.io/jq/>`_.
+`jq <http://stedolan.github.io/jq/>`_ 1.7.
 
 Installation
 ------------
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ On these platforms, you should be able to install jq with a normal pip install:
     pip install jq
 
 If a wheel is not available,
-the source for jq 1.6 is built.
+the source for jq 1.7 is built.
 This requires:
 
 * Autoreconf
diff --git a/deps/jq-1.6.tar.gz b/deps/jq-1.6.tar.gz
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diff --git a/deps/onig-6.9.4.tar.gz b/deps/onig-6.9.4.tar.gz
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diff --git a/deps/onig-6.9.8.tar.gz b/deps/onig-6.9.8.tar.gz
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27ec8a9..63f1ee0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ def _read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
 
 
-jq_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("jq-1.6.tar.gz")
-jq_lib_dir = _dep_build_path("jq-1.6")
+jq_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("jq-1.7.tar.gz")
+jq_lib_dir = _dep_build_path("jq-1.7")
 
-oniguruma_version = "6.9.4"
+oniguruma_version = "6.9.8"
 oniguruma_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("onig-{}.tar.gz".format(oniguruma_version))
 oniguruma_lib_build_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
 oniguruma_lib_install_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-install-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
diff --git a/tests/jq_old_tests.py b/tests/jq_old_tests.py
index f7e1f0d..9393cce 100644
--- a/tests/jq_old_tests.py
+++ b/tests/jq_old_tests.py
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ def test_value_error_is_raised_if_program_is_invalid():
         jq("!")
         assert False, "Expected error"
     except ValueError as error:
-        expected_error_str = "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error"
-        assert_equal(str(error), expected_error_str)
+        expected_error_strs = [
+            # jq 1.6
+            "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error",
+            # jq 1.7
+            "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting end of file (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error",
+        ]
+        assert str(error) in expected_error_strs
 
 
 def test_value_error_is_raised_if_input_cannot_be_processed_by_program():
diff --git a/tests/jq_tests.py b/tests/jq_tests.py
index bf40679..c911ef5 100644
--- a/tests/jq_tests.py
+++ b/tests/jq_tests.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_can_add_one_to_each_element_of_an_array():
 def test_nan_is_outputted_as_null():
     assert_equal(
         None,
-        jq.compile("0/0").input(0).first(),
+        jq.compile("nan").input(0).first(),
     )
 
 
@@ -194,8 +194,13 @@ def test_value_error_is_raised_if_program_is_invalid():
         jq.compile("!")
         assert False, "Expected error"
     except ValueError as error:
-        expected_error_str = "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error"
-        assert_equal(str(error), expected_error_str)
+        expected_error_strs = [
+            # jq 1.6
+            "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error",
+            # jq 1.7
+            "jq: error: syntax error, unexpected INVALID_CHARACTER, expecting end of file (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:\n!\njq: 1 compile error",
+        ]
+        assert str(error) in expected_error_strs
 
 
 def test_value_error_is_raised_if_input_cannot_be_processed_by_program():