1diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
2index db674a4..b6c797e 100755
3--- a/test/test.py
4+++ b/test/test.py
5@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class TestYq(unittest.TestCase):
6 tf2.seek(0)
7 self.assertEqual(self.run_yq("", ["-y", arg, tf.name, self.fd_path(tf2)]), "1\n...\n")
8
9- @unittest.skipIf(subprocess.check_output(["jq", "--version"]) < b"jq-1.6", "Test options introduced in jq 1.6")
10+ @unittest.skipIf(subprocess.check_output(["@jq@", "--version"]) < b"jq-1.6", "Test options introduced in jq 1.6")
11 def test_jq16_arg_passthrough(self):
12 self.assertEqual(
13 self.run_yq("{}", ["--indentless", "-y", ".a=$ARGS.positional", "--args", "a", "b"]), "a:\n- a\n- b\n"
14diff --git a/yq/__init__.py b/yq/__init__.py
15index 0ccb8e8..8342ff0 100644
16--- a/yq/__init__.py
17+++ b/yq/__init__.py
18@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def yq(
19 # Notes: universal_newlines is just a way to induce subprocess to make stdin a text buffer and encode it for us;
20 # close_fds must be false for command substitution to work (yq . t.yml --slurpfile t <(yq . t.yml))
21 jq = subprocess.Popen(
22- ["jq"] + list(jq_args),
23+ ["@jq@"] + list(jq_args),
24 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
25 stdout=subprocess.PIPE if converting_output else None,
26 close_fds=False,