diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e17f1b37e9..7cee99092f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15372,8 +15372,8 @@
       }
     },
     "zq": {
-      "version": "github:brimsec/zq#87a6f203243a6fb7cf3628728573d8d205eca730",
-      "from": "github:brimsec/zq#v0.5.0"
+      "version": "github:brimsec/zq#0db4ff7ba6a522d87ca18e1d0f857cdc67c15127",
+      "from": "github:brimsec/zq#v0.6.0"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2bd67b13ff..8000ab5145 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.16",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
-    "zq": "brimsec/zq#v0.5.0"
+    "zq": "brimsec/zq#v0.6.0"
   }
 }