diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix
index ec3acfc775d0..50f5e87a29f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fonttools";
-  version = "4.26.2";
+  version = "4.29.0";
 
   # Bump to 3.7 when https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/pull/2417 is merged
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner  = pname;
     repo   = pname;
     rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1zp9idjkn4bn1a4pn8x64vi8j1ijdsd4qvgf1f70dfwqvw6ak1i6";
+    sha256 = "LnkpTEpZbbRAyqGPJXdfpHjh4t7n6LkjZGLhirVNl7E=";
   };
 
   # all dependencies are optional, but