diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm.go b/cmd/helm/helm.go
index 15b0d5c76..4fe7c65b2 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube"
 	kubefake "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube/fake"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/storage/driver"
 )
 
 var settings = cli.New()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96541ff9a..fec819af1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.11 //indirect
+	github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.5 //indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.13 // indirect
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b855fc842..3a3240af2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 h1:U3uMjPSQEBMNp1lFxmllqCPM6P5u/Xq7Pgzkat/bFNc=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.11 h1:YhLueoHhHiN4mkfM+3AyJV6EPcCxKZsOnYf+aVSwaQw=
+github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.11/go.mod h1:o3FT8Gkbg/geT4pLI0tF3hvip5F3Y/uskjRz9OYa38g=
+github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.5 h1:G0INE2la8S6ru/ZI5JecgyzbbJNs5lG1RcBqa7Jm6GE=
+github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.5/go.mod h1:nEP7L+2YmAbT2kZ2HfSs1d8Xtw9LY8D2stDBckWakZ8=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5 h1:vFFPA71p1o5gAeqtEAwLU4dnX2napprKtHr7PYIcN3g=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5/go.mod h1:nRVWtLre0KfCLJvgxzCsLVMogSvQ1zNJtpYr2Ccp0mQ=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
@@ -400,9 +404,11 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 h1:UVL0vNpWh04HeJXV0KLcaT7r06gOH2l4OW6ddYRU
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3 h1:ns/ykhmWi7G9O+8a448SecJU3nSMBXJfqQkl0upE1jI=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-oci8 v0.1.1/go.mod h1:wjDx6Xm9q7dFtHJvIlrI99JytznLw5wQ4R+9mNXJwGI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12 h1:M2zGm7EW6UQJvDeQxo4T51eKPurbeFbe8WtebGE2xrk=
 github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12/go.mod h1:EZzvwXDESEeg03EKmM+RmDnNOPKG4lLtQsUlTZDWQ8Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:FPy6KqzDD04eiIsT53CuJW3U88zkxoIYsOqkbpncsNc=
@@ -507,6 +513,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1xBZuNvfVA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 h1:ODq8ZFEaYeCaZOJlZZdJA2AbQR98dSHSM1KW/You5mo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0/go.mod h1:z7EfXMXOkbkqb9IINtpCn86r/to3BnA0uaxHdg830/4=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WmiCO8CzOY8rg0OYDC4/i/2WRWAB6poM+XZ2dLUbcbE=
@@ -783,6 +790,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 h1:Zr2JFtRQNX3BCZ8YtxRE9hNJYC8J6I1MVbMg6owUp18=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/pkg/engine/funcs.go b/pkg/engine/funcs.go
index 92b4c3383..24dec9653 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/funcs.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/funcs.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
+	"github.com/itchyny/gojq"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func funcMap() template.FuncMap {
 		"toJson":        toJSON,
 		"fromJson":      fromJSON,
 		"fromJsonArray": fromJSONArray,
+		"jq":            jq,
 
 		// This is a placeholder for the "include" function, which is
 		// late-bound to a template. By declaring it here, we preserve the
@@ -175,3 +177,36 @@ func fromJSONArray(str string) []interface{} {
 	}
 	return a
 }
+
+// jq is like sed for JSON/YAML data - you can use it to slice and filter
+// and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep
+// and friends let you play with text.
+//
+// See the [jq Tutorial](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/) for more.
+//
+// This is a pure go implementation of jq. The type of v should be
+// []interface{} for an array or map[string]interface{} for a map.
+// Since the jq filter returns a iterator, it will be collected as a slice
+// even there is only one item.
+// It will insert the returned error message string as
+// the first and only item in the returned array.
+func jq(exp string, v any) []any {
+	query, err := gojq.Parse(exp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []any{err.Error()}
+	}
+
+	iter := query.Run(v)
+	var list []any
+	for {
+		it, ok := iter.Next()
+		if !ok {
+			break
+		}
+		if err, ok := it.(error); ok {
+			return []any{err.Error()}
+		}
+		list = append(list, it)
+	}
+	return list
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/funcs_test.go b/pkg/engine/funcs_test.go
index 29bc121b5..e865ade08 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/funcs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/funcs_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,28 @@ func TestFuncs(t *testing.T) {
 		tpl:    `{{ lookup "v1" "Namespace" "" "unlikelynamespace99999999" }}`,
 		expect: `map[]`,
 		vars:   `["one", "two"]`,
+	}, {
+		tpl:    "{{ . | jq `.ports[] | select(.name == \"grpc\") | .containerPort` | first }}",
+		expect: "8080",
+		vars: map[string]any{
+			"ports": []any{
+				map[string]any{
+					"containerPort": 80,
+					"name":          "http",
+					"protocol":      "TCP",
+				},
+				map[string]any{
+					"containerPort": 443,
+					"name":          "https",
+					"protocol":      "TCP",
+				},
+				map[string]any{
+					"containerPort": 8080,
+					"name":          "grpc",
+					"protocol":      "TCP",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {