diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 7607755593..56b586c8eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -303,14 +303,14 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
 (define-public coreutils
   (package
    (name "coreutils")
-   (version "8.28")
+   (version "8.29")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0r8c1bgm68kl70j1lgd0rv12iykw6143k4m9a56xip9rc2hv25qi"))))
+              "0plm1zs9il6bb5mk881qvbghq4glc8ybbgakk2lfzb0w64fgml4j"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("acl"  ,acl)                        ; TODO: add SELinux
              ("gmp"  ,gmp)                        ;bignums in 'expr', yay!