diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/birdfont/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/birdfont/default.nix
index 609899bbe30..1b1fefc0a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/birdfont/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/birdfont/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ gobject-introspection, gsettings-desktop-schemas, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "birdfont";
-  version = "2.29.1";
+  version = "2.29.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://birdfont.org/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0620bppcbm9pb8l0d4sc56gfwkr97gw4zjirjz5ikk5lj0m801yi";
+    sha256 = "sha256-caNY6PrsqBrYwC61MxNsf8B9E8it1Ls1d+hdbf8u+o8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 pkg-config vala_0_44 gobject-introspection wrapGAppsHook ];