1diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
2index a81f41b..9e80f04 100755
3--- a/test/test.py
4+++ b/test/test.py
5@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ 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(self.run_yq("{}", ["--indentless", "-y", ".a=$ARGS.positional", "--args", "a", "b"]),
13 "a:\n- a\n- b\n")
14diff --git a/yq/__init__.py b/yq/__init__.py
15index afeb42c..a0d7970 100755
16--- a/yq/__init__.py
17+++ b/yq/__init__.py
18@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def yq(input_streams=None, output_stream=None, input_format="yaml", output_forma
19
20 try:
21 # Note: universal_newlines is just a way to induce subprocess to make stdin a text buffer and encode it for us
22- jq = subprocess.Popen(["jq"] + list(jq_args),
23+ jq = subprocess.Popen(["@jq@"] + list(jq_args),
24 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
25 stdout=subprocess.PIPE if converting_output else None,
26 universal_newlines=True)