diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 32b6337a4f9..2b150725d36 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ libffms2.so.4 libffms2-2.23.1_1
 libddcutil.so.4 ddcutil-1.0.1_1
 liblsmash.so.2 liblsmash-2.9.1_1
 libgiac.so.0 libgiac-1.4.9r17_1
-libgnustep-base.so.1.28 gnustep-base-1.28.0_1
+libgnustep-base.so.1.29 gnustep-base-1.29.0_1
 libtermbox.so.1 termbox-1.1.0_1
 libmysofa.so.1 libmysofa-1.2_1
 libzinnia.so.0 libzinnia-0.06_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
index 8f3ad34c185..647eb3c7542 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnustep-base/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gnustep-base'
 pkgname=gnustep-base
-version=1.28.0
-revision=4
+version=1.29.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc pkg-config which"
 makedepends="libobjc-devel libffi-devel libxml2-devel gnutls-devel
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ short_desc="Library of general-purpose Objective C objects for GNUstep"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnustep.org/"
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-base-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c7d7c6e64ac5f5d0a4d5c4369170fc24ed503209e91935eb0e2979d1601039ed
+distfiles="https://github.com/gnustep/libs-base/releases/download/base-${version//./_}/gnustep-base-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fa58eda665c3e0b9c420dc32bb3d51247a407c944d82e5eed1afe8a2b943ef37
 make_check=extended
 
 nocross="objc doesn't get cross build at present within gcc"