diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d01416a0d5..1fe9506493 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24162,8 +24162,8 @@
       }
     },
     "zq": {
-      "version": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#10b0e2c0672413f0b788489809b19e762d1cb963",
-      "from": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#v0.28.0"
+      "version": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#045c87a95d2f9034b0e35df94a3eaa5d7bda2c62",
+      "from": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#045c87a95d2f9034b0e35df94a3eaa5d7bda2c62"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c04189815..5836dfc4cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     "styled-components": "^5.1.1",
     "tree-model": "^1.0.7",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
-    "zq": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#v0.28.0"
+    "zq": "git+https://github.com/brimsec/zq.git#045c87a95d2f9034b0e35df94a3eaa5d7bda2c62"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "electron-installer-debian": "^3.0.0",