diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/template b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
index e57f16e8247..3cfe31a6e96 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rkt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rkt'
 pkgname=rkt
-version=1.28.1
-revision=2
+version=1.29.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake wget cpio squashfs-tools bc gnupg git go"
 makedepends="acl-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=2610749f412ca697c57a797c8dd0024c4c215d7dd824599d8ed6f4297abd5e07
+checksum=d2d89db86b4b3a586a8288ba7becdb87370d4fbe7e12aa37e9b1e30a9f9c9b20
 
 patch_args="-Np1"
 nopie=yes