diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/deno/default.nix
index 659af1aec62e..e3e7481dff1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/deno/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/default.nix
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "deno";
-  version = "1.29.3";
+  version = "1.29.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "denoland";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-CH0uri8mnpcojuE8Pil/gsvEfDu/txjCevvGjqhiK1k=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-oCBtqOm/d5dpIv70/Ht0M6izxdvm59LCiDHgcMcwLek=";
   };
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-I7MIcZeMQzgplza8YAqmuWaX4Gw3ZoDXHyzq/5opO4M=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-Y/1yfCeWleNrk5MgkIoAtkH8e6YSZWa+GF5RgLaZXQA=";
 
   postPatch = ''
     # upstream uses lld on aarch64-darwin for faster builds
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = ./update/update.ts;
+  passthru.tests = callPackage ./tests { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://deno.land/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/librusty_v8.nix b/pkgs/development/web/deno/librusty_v8.nix
index ec13f634ea5c..52b3e12f0286 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/deno/librusty_v8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/librusty_v8.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ let
   };
 in
 fetch_librusty_v8 {
-  version = "0.60.0";
+  version = "0.60.1";
   shas = {
-    x86_64-linux = "sha256-2cq9fpKhx3ctZ5Lo2RofXD5bXfVUUN6bRtG453MQMW4=";
-    aarch64-linux = "sha256-hjVUzCYdGkc3kMC/cSXDFOaqJmMBi83dqqASS5R2158=";
-    x86_64-darwin = "sha256-EyYWfDU0eVFVzSVAHBFUbsppzpHtwe+Fd+z2ZmIub2c=";
-    aarch64-darwin = "sha256-2VyEFqWsPZlkEDvNxkmrMCIKfsO7LAO+VvsjSMcyFUo=";
+    x86_64-linux = "sha256-P8H+XJqrt9jdKM885L1epMldp+stwmEw+0Gtd2x3r4g=";
+    aarch64-linux = "sha256-frHpBP2pL3o4efFLHP2r3zsWJrNT93yYu2Qkxv+7m8Y=";
+    x86_64-darwin = "sha256-taewoYBkyikqWueLSD9dW1EDjzkV68Xplid1UaLZgRM=";
+    aarch64-darwin = "sha256-s2YEVbuYpiT/qrmE37aXk13MetrnJo6l+s1Q2y6b5kU=";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/basic.ts b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/basic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5959aa217b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/basic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log(1 + 1)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6787c913b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ deno, runCommand, lib, testers }:
+let
+  testDenoRun =
+    name:
+    { args ? ""
+    , dir ? ./. + "/${name}"
+    , file ? "index.ts"
+    , expected ? ""
+    , expectFailure ? false
+    }:
+    let
+      command = "deno run ${args} ${dir}/${file}";
+    in
+    runCommand "deno-test-${name}" { nativeBuildInputs = [ deno ]; meta.timeout = 60; } ''
+      HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+      if output=$(${command} 2>&1); then
+        if [[ $output =~ '${expected}' ]]; then
+          echo "Test '${name}' passed"
+          touch $out
+        else
+          echo -n ${lib.escapeShellArg command} >&2
+          echo " output did not match what was expected." >&2
+          echo "The expected was:" >&2
+          echo '${expected}' >&2
+          echo "The output was:" >&2
+          echo "$output" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      else
+        if [[ "${toString expectFailure}" == "1" ]]; then
+          echo "Test '${name}' failed as expected"
+          touch $out
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        echo -n ${lib.escapeShellArg command} >&2
+        echo " returned a non-zero exit code." >&2
+        echo "$output" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    '';
+in
+(lib.mapAttrs testDenoRun {
+  basic = {
+    dir = ./.;
+    file = "basic.ts";
+    expected = "2";
+  };
+  import-json = {
+    expected = "hello from JSON";
+  };
+  import-ts = {
+    expected = "hello from ts";
+  };
+  read-file = {
+    args = "--allow-read";
+    expected = "hello from a file";
+  };
+  fail-read-file = {
+    expectFailure = true;
+    dir = ./read-file;
+  };
+}) //
+{
+  version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = deno;
+    command = "deno --version";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/data.json b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/data.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f0de9ebe0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "msg": "hello from JSON" }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/index.ts b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..525f25f74da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-json/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import file from "./data.json" assert { type: "json" };
+console.log(file.msg);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/index.ts b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34fec283a169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { sayHello } from "./lib.ts"
+
+sayHello("ts")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/lib.ts b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/lib.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b5e05aaaaf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/import-ts/lib.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function sayHello(thing: string) {
+  console.log(`hello from ${thing}`);
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/data.txt b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/data.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7eee1b0c107c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/data.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello from a file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/index.ts b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be792a3d6628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/deno/tests/read-file/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// trim 'file://' prefix
+const thisDir = Deno.mainModule.substring(7, Deno.mainModule.length);
+const getParent = (path: string) => path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf("/"))
+const text = await Deno.readTextFile(getParent(thisDir) + "/data.txt");
+console.log(text);