diff --git a/package/jq/jq.mk b/package/jq/jq.mk
index b0776021fc..19a130b694 100644
--- a/package/jq/jq.mk
+++ b/package/jq/jq.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ JQ_SITE = https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-$(JQ_VERSION)
 JQ_LICENSE = MIT (code), ICU (decNumber), CC-BY-3.0 (documentation), \
 	BSD-2-Clause (strptime)
 JQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-JQ_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
+JQ_CPE_ID_VENDOR = jqlang
 JQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 # uses c99 specific features