diff --git a/hack/verify-crds.sh b/hack/verify-crds.sh
index 5db181ede..e1972f646 100755
--- a/hack/verify-crds.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-crds.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ ! -f ./_output/tools/bin/yq ]; then
     mkdir -p ./_output/tools/bin
-    curl -s -f -L https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/2.4.0/yq_$(go env GOHOSTOS)_$(go env GOHOSTARCH) -o ./_output/tools/bin/yq
+    curl -s -f -L https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.35.2/yq_$(go env GOHOSTOS)_$(go env GOHOSTARCH) -o ./_output/tools/bin/yq
     chmod +x ./_output/tools/bin/yq
 fi
 
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ addon/v1alpha1/*.crd.yaml
 FAILS=false
 for f in $FILES
 do
-    if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq r $f spec.validation.openAPIV3Schema.properties.metadata.description) != "null" ]]; then
+    if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq .spec.validation.openAPIV3Schema.properties.metadata.description $f) != "null" ]]; then
         echo "Error: cannot have a metadata description in $f"
         FAILS=true
     fi
 
-    if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq r $f spec.preserveUnknownFields) != "false" ]]; then
+    if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq .spec.preserveUnknownFields $f) != "false" ]]; then
         echo "Error: pruning not enabled (spec.preserveUnknownFields != false) in $f"
         FAILS=true
     fi